Tuberculous tracheobronchial stricture causing post-pneumonectomy-like syndrome corrected by insertion of a bespoke Dumon stent.
Post-pneumonectomy syndrome is a well-recognised but uncommon late complication of pneumonectomy. Usually occurring after right-sided surgery, the mediastinal contents are rotated and displaced into the right hemithorax, producing airways or oesophageal compression. We report a case in which the radiological features and symptoms of post-pneumonectomy syndrome appeared to be precipitated by the development of a complex tuberculous tracheobronchial stenosis that resolved after the insertion of a bespoke Dumon stent.
King
Juliet E
JE
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Lau
Rachel W T
RW
Wan
Innes Y P
IY
Yim
Anthony P C
AP
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015607:Stents; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*