Tracheal Stenosis after Tracheostomy Treated Successfully with Papillotome Electrocautery

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Sun Hee Oh¹  Seong Ju Lee¹  Dae Sung Kim¹  Moon Jun Na¹  Eugene Choi¹  Sun Jung Kwon¹  Hyun Min Cho²  Ji Woong Son¹ 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine;Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine

关键词: Bronchoscopy;    Electrocoagulation;    Tracheal Stenosis;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2013.75.2.79

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

A 39-year-old woman presented with symptoms of dyspnea. Ten years previously, she had received a tracheostomy because of the decision to not continue taking an anticonvulsant drug. Presently, chest computed tomography showed diffuse stenosis and focal web at the cervical trachea. We performed bronchoscopy and found a two-thirds reduction of the upper trachea due to the web-like fibrotic stenosis. Papillotome electrocautery removed the stenotic lesion. Endobronchial electrocautery is a valuable tool with potential for therapy of an endobronchial obstructing airway lesion. We report this case to introduce the successful treatment with papillotome electrocautery.

【 授权许可】

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