Therapeutic bronchoscopy in a lung abscess secondary to broncholithiasis

We report a case of a 60 ‐year‐old woman who developed a pulmonary abscess due to broncholithiasis and was treated by bronchoscopic broncholithectomy using a balloon catheter after antibiotic administration. A 60 ‐year‐old woman developed a pulmonary abscess due to broncholithiasis. It was treated by bronchoscopic broncholithectomy after antibiotic administration. Broncholithiasis is a rare disease and various treatment options are available, which include bronchoscopic broncholithectomy and surgery. Bro nchoscopic broncholithectomy has proved to be more useful because it can be used to easily extract the broncholith by using a balloon and haemostasis can be obtained at the same time.

Source: Respirology Case Reports - September 12, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Yoshihiro Amano, Xuexia Tong, Kiyotaka Miura, Yukari Tsubata, Noriaki Kurimoto, Takeshi Isobe Tags: Case Report Source Type: research