A Case of Complication of Expandible Metallic Stent with Endobronchial Stenosis.

Lim, Seong Hee; You, Kwan Hee; Lee, Yong Chul; Rhee, Yang Keun

doi:1994.41.1.47

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 41(1); 1994 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1994;41(1):47-50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1994.41.1.47 Published online February 1, 1994.

A Case of Complication of Expandible Metallic Stent with Endobronchial Stenosis.

Seong Hee Lim, Kwan Hee You, Yong Chul Lee, Yang Keun Rhee

Abstract

To maintain an adequate airway in a patient with tracheobronchial narrowing coming from various causes, prosthetic tracheobronchial stents provide palliative treatment for narrowed airways where surgical resection is inadvisable. After insertion, precious reported complications were granuloma formation, dysphagia, suction catheter entrapment and fatal massive hemoptysis. We report a case of complication associated with expandible metallic scent with endobronchial stenosis due to tuberculosis.

Key Words: Endobronchial stenosis, Metallic stent