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Surgical treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the left main bronchus and trachea by left pneumonectomy, resection of 7.5 cm of trachea, and direct reanastomosis of right lung.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Stalpaert, G. Deneffe, Georges Maele, R. Van |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Abstract | A 23-year-old woman, who had suffered recurrent acute bronchitis, dyspnoea, and stridor, was found to have a tracheal stenosis and complete left main bronchus obstruction. Biopsy of the tumour showed an adenoid cystic carcinoma. After pneumonectomy the trachea was closed through tumour tissue. Two weeks later a right thoracotomy showed that a tumour had invaded the trachea from the carina up to 6 cm and the right stem bronchus for 1 cm. Under extracorporeal circulation 7.5 cm of the trachea and right bronchus were resected. A direct tracheal anastomosis was easy to perform. Spontaneous respiration with efficient coughing returned after five days. Unfortunately, one month later, high fever caused by a lung abscess developed, which provoked a massive haemoptysis with fatal outcome. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://thorax.bmj.com/content/thoraxjnl/34/4/554.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 228443v1 |
| Volume Number | 34 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Thorax |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Acute bronchitis Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Adenoidal structure Bronchi Cholestasis Coughing Dyspnea Excision Fever Hemoptysis Left main bronchus structure Lung Abscess Neoplasms Obstruction Photopheresis Pneumonectomy Right lung Right main bronchus structure Stridor Structure of carina Supravalvular aortic stenosis Thoracotomy Trachea |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
