Bronchial Atresia with Transient Spontaneous Disappearance of a Mucocele

Nobuaki Miyahara; Ryosuke Eda; Shigeki Makihara; Tadashi Maeda; Keisuke Aoe; Naomi Kunichika; Hiroyuki Kohara; Hiroyasu Takeyama; Mine Harada

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.38.974

Bronchial Atresia with Transient Spontaneous Disappearance of a Mucocele

Nobuaki Miyahara, Ryosuke Eda, Shigeki Makihara, Tadashi Maeda, Keisuke Aoe, Naomi Kunichika, Hiroyuki Kohara, Hiroyasu Takeyama, Mine Harada

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Abstract

We report the transient spontaneous disappearance of a mucocele due to bronchial atresia. Two years before presentation, a chest radiograph showed a hyperlucent right upper lung and a mucocele near the right hilum. A chest radiograph taken 1 year later showed that the mucocele had disappeared leaving an ovoid outline of a dilated bronchus. A chest radiograph obtained 3 months before presentation showed that the mucocele was present again. Atresia of the B³_b bronchus of the right upper lobe was noted on thoracotomy. The "disappearance" of the mucocele probably was due to the clearance of mucoid material through collateral airways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	974-978
Number of pages	5
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	38
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.38.974
Publication status	Published - Dec 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bronchial obstruction
Bronchocele
Collateral pathway
Focal emphysema

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Internal Medicine

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