title: Severe bronchomalacia in a 65-year-old man treated with stent insertion instead of surgical bronchoplasty.
abstract: Bronchomalacia in adults is rare. A case is reported here of a 65-year-old man with severe cough and mucostasis, caused by a benign bronchomalacia of the ventral wall of the left main bronchus. This was treated successfully with the insertion of a silicone Dumon stent as an alternative to surgical bronchoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pulmonary Medicine ziekenhuis de Heel Zaandam and the Free University Hospital Amsterdam The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Sutedja
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Schramel
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Van Kralingen
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Postmus