title: [Benign tracheal stenosis treated by T-tube in a patient with autism; report of a case].
abstract: A female with autism, aged over 40 years, who had been hospitalized in a nursing home, developed descending necrotizing mediastinitis requiring tracheostomy. Subsequently, tracheal stenosis was observed. She was referred to our hospital. T-tube therapy was selected, and there has been no recurrence during the 3-year follow-up. We report a patient in whom a T-tube was useful for treating benign tracheal stenosis in the presence of autism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hataya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*