Tracheal Bronchus Diagnosed In Children Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy

This paper describes the clinical features of paediatric patients with tracheal bronchus (TB) identified with flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in a tertiary care hospital.A retrospective review every FB with diagnosis of TB carried out in our centre since 1990 was performed which considered specifically: age at diagnosis, gender, semiology, somatic anomalies, tracheal bronchus type, other bronchoscopic findings and clinical progress. Out of 1665 FB in 1337 patients, TB was found in 26 (1.9%). The median age was 15 months (age range 1 month- 13 years), with no gender differences.
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Clinical usefulness Source Type: research