Demonstration of tracheal bronchus associated with tracheal stenosis using direct coronal computed tomography
✍ Scribed by Kin-Sun Wong; Chao-Ran Wang; Kue-Hsiung Hsieh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
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✦ Synopsis
A 2-year-old boy presented with chronic wheezes and was refractory to medical treatment. A high carina with bilateral bronchial stenosis was erroneously diagnosed by bronchoscopic examination. Serial direct coronal computed tomographic scans showed a displaced right upper lobe tracheal bronchus associated with tracheal stenosis below the abnormal bronchus. A direct coronal computed tomographic scan of the tracheobronchial tree is a useful imaging technique for the delineation of airway configuration when the bronchoscope fails to pass beyond a stenotic region. A coronal computed tomographic scan may make invasive tracheobronchography unnecessary.