title: Therapeutic bronchoscopy followed by lobectomy for pulmonary sarcoma.
abstract: Malignant central airway obstruction is a life-threatening presentation requiring emergency palliative procedure. In selected patients, bronchoscopic intervention could be used as a bridge to curative resection. Here we report a 54-year-old male with pulmonary sarcoma of the right upper lobe, presenting with acute respiratory failure because of endobronchial extension. Emergency coring with the rigid bronchoscope and Dumon stent insertion stabilized the patient, and subsequent lobectomy resulted in occurrence-free survival over a 71-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. yoshinobuhata@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Fumitomo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitsuda
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasamoto
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents