Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy

Broncholithiasis is the presence of calcific material within the tracheobronchial tree. Asymptomatic patients can be managed with observation only, whereas symptomatic disease requires surgery, rigid or flexible bronchoscopic removal. Recent reports have shown that flexible bronchoscopy can be a saf...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Sabrina N., Lala, Deepa, Rubio, Edmundo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: China Medical University 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5147552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27848115
http://dx.doi.org/10.7603/s40681-016-0024-2
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description Broncholithiasis is the presence of calcific material within the tracheobronchial tree. Asymptomatic patients can be managed with observation only, whereas symptomatic disease requires surgery, rigid or flexible bronchoscopic removal. Recent reports have shown that flexible bronchoscopy can be a safe and effective option for removal of loose in addition to partially imbedded broncholiths. We present a case of a 65-yearold man with chronic cough that underwent successful cryotherapy assisted bronchoscopic removal of an imbedded broncholith. We will also review current literature regarding the management broncholithiasis.
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spelling pubmed-51475522017-02-27 Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy Campbell, Sabrina N. Lala, Deepa Rubio, Edmundo Biomedicine (Taipei) Case Report Broncholithiasis is the presence of calcific material within the tracheobronchial tree. Asymptomatic patients can be managed with observation only, whereas symptomatic disease requires surgery, rigid or flexible bronchoscopic removal. Recent reports have shown that flexible bronchoscopy can be a safe and effective option for removal of loose in addition to partially imbedded broncholiths. We present a case of a 65-yearold man with chronic cough that underwent successful cryotherapy assisted bronchoscopic removal of an imbedded broncholith. We will also review current literature regarding the management broncholithiasis. China Medical University 2016-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5147552/ /pubmed/27848115 http://dx.doi.org/10.7603/s40681-016-0024-2 Text en © China Medical University 2016 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided original author(s) and source are credited.
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title_full Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy
title_fullStr Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy
title_full_unstemmed Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy
title_short Cryotherapy: A viable tool to remove broncholiths under flexible bronchoscopy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5147552/
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