Silicone Stent Placement for Primary Tracheal Amyloidosis Accompanied by Cartilage Destruction

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Duck Hyun Ryu¹  Jung Seop Eom²  Ho Jung Jeong¹  Jung Hoon Kim¹  Ji Eun Lee¹  Ji Eun Jun¹  Dae Hyun Song³  Joungho Han³  Hojoong Kim² 

[1] Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine;Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine;Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

关键词: Amyloidosis;    Airway Obstruction;    Bronchoscopy;    Stents;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2014.76.6.292

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

Primary tracheal amyloidosis (PTA) can lead to airway obstructions, and patients with severe PTA should undergo bronchoscopic interventions in order to maintain airway patency. Focal airway involvements with amyloidosis can only be treated with mechanical dilatation. However, the PTA with diffused airway involvements and concomitant cartilage destructions requires stent placement. Limited information regarding the usefulness of silicone stents in patients with PTA has been released. Therefore, we report a case of diffused PTA with tracheomalacia causing severe cartilage destruction, which is being successfully managed with bronchoscopic interventions and silicone stent placements.

【 授权许可】

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