[Bronchial fracture: bronchoscopy management with bronchial stent and balloon bronchoplasty].
Bronchial fracture is a rare, life -threatening injury usually associated with blunt chest trauma. It represents a great task in diagnosis, as its manifestations are various and nonspecific. Bronchoscopy has a primordial role to diagnose and, in selective cases, to treat bronchial fractures. The authors present the case report of a patient with a thoracic trauma after an accident in the workplace. The bronchoscopy revealed a fracture of the left main bronchus. Conservative treatment was per- formed with endobronchial stenting and balloon dilatation. In conclusion, a review of the literature on bronchial fracture and the role of bronchoscopy is presented.
Interno Complementar de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia.
Daniela
D
Ferreira
Ricardo
R
Lima
Ana
A
Oliveira
Sofia
S
Neves
Javier
J
San José
José
J
Almeida
João
J
Moura e Sá
D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D015607:Stents; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*