Obstruction after self-expanding metallic stents in tuberculous bronchial stenosis

Korean J Intern Med. 1995 Jan;10(1):64-7. doi: 10.3904/kjim.1995.10.1.64.

Abstract

Expandable metallic stents seemed to be a good method in tuberculous bronchial stenosis that does not respond to medical therapy. But there was no long-term follow-up study after stents insertion in tuberculous bronchial stenosis. We report a case of obstruction after successful Gianturco metallic stents insertion due to tuberculous bronchial stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Airway Obstruction / etiology*
  • Airway Obstruction / surgery
  • Bronchial Diseases / etiology*
  • Bronchial Diseases / surgery
  • Bronchitis / complications*
  • Catheterization
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Foreign-Body Migration
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / complications*
  • Humans
  • Palliative Care
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / etiology
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Tuberculosis / complications*