A case of congenital bronchial atresia patient with subclinical infection who underwent lung resection.
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
14
03
2020
accepted:
05
05
2020
entrez:
19
5
2020
pubmed:
19
5
2020
medline:
19
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Congenital bronchial atresia, CBA, is rare and has often asymptomatic benign condition. The CBA condition usually arose during the formation of bronchi, but the CBA patients are able to live well into adulthood. This case highlights a potential surgical intervention for a CBA patient with subclinical infection. A 55-year-old Japanese male had abnormal findings on his chest X-ray at an annual health check-up in March 2018. His chest computed tomography (CT) revealed bronchial stenosis and infiltrative shadow in the right inferior lobe. He was referred to our hospital for further investigation and was diagnosed CBA after a variety of examinations including bronchoscopy. His dilated bronchi were filled with mucus, the end of one of the bronchi had obstructive pneumonia, and subclinical infection in the CBA lesion was suspected. Also, the result of bronchoscopy disclosed intrabronchial infection with Gram-positive bacteria so we performed lobectomy onto the lower lobe. Although no protocol had been established, a surgical intervention would be necessary for this case.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32420019
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101076
pii: S2213-0071(20)30102-7
pii: 101076
pmc: PMC7218211
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101076Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exists.
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