An Unusual Presentation of bronchial rupture
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2011
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Persistent hydropneumothorax was diagnosed in a 62-year-old female with a history of blunt trauma, although she was treated with chest tube and closed underwater seal drainage. Computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy findings were consistent with "fallen lung" syndrome. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy also found a cavitary lesion at the right tracheobronchial angle. Forceps biopsy of the cavitary lesion indicated bronchogenic carcinoma. Our final diagnosis was tracheobronchial complete rupture and fallen lung syndrome secondary to malignancy. © 2011 Daedalus Enterprises.
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Bronchi , Bronchoscopy , Chest Tubes , Diagnosis, Differential , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Hydropneumothorax , Lung Neoplasms , Middle Aged , Rupture , Thoracic Injuries , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , adult , article , blunt trauma , bronchus biopsy , bronchus rupture , cancer staging , case report , computer assisted tomography , death , fallen lung syndrome , female , fiberoptic bronchoscopy , human , human tissue , hydrothorax , lung carcinoma , lung disease , tube