Bridging Bronchus in Adult.
- Author:
Sungsoo LEE
1
;
Hyung Tae KIM
;
Ho CHOI
;
Ji Sung KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, Korea. choiho@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bronchial anomaly;
Bronchus
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Autopsy;
Bronchi*;
Bronchoscopes;
Cough;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Mediastinum;
Pulmonary Artery;
Pulmonary Atelectasis;
Sputum;
Thorax;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2004;37(8):707-710
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bridging bronchus (BB) is an extremely rare tracheobronchial anomaly. This anomaly is often associated with a sling left pulmonary artery (SLPA) and is diagnosed in infancy or at autopsy. A 29-year-old female patient with previous history of pulmonary tuberculosis was admitted because of persistent fever, cough and sputum. Fiberoptic bronchoscope and chest computed tomography revealed a bridging bronchus and associated atelectasis. The right middle and lower lobe was supplied by a bronchus which originates from the left main bronchus and bridges the mediastinum. There was no anomaly of a left pulmonary artery. Right middle and lower bilobectomy was performed.
