Congenital Bronchial Atresia Associated With Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Kotaro Kameyama; Norihito Okumura; Yujiro Kokado; Kentaro Miyoshi; Tomoaki Matsuoka; Tatsuo Nakagawa

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.033

Congenital Bronchial Atresia Associated With Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Kotaro Kameyama, Norihito Okumura, Yujiro Kokado, Kentaro Miyoshi, Tomoaki Matsuoka, Tatsuo Nakagawa

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A 36-year-old woman presented with left chest pain and frequent symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Chest roentgenograms revealed a left pneumothorax and apical bulla, and hyperlucency in the left pulmonary field. She was diagnosed with congenital bronchial atresia associated with a left spontaneous pneumothorax. A thoracoscopy-assisted left superior segmentectomy was performed. There was no recurrence of the pneumothorax or symptoms of recurrent upper respiratory infection at the 1-year follow-up examination. Bulla formation was believed to have resulted from emphysematous changes in the peripheral lung due to congenital bronchial atresia. The pneumothorax may have occurred due to rupture of the bulla.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1497-1499
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	82
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.033
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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