Tuberc Respir Dis.
1995 Apr;42(2):250-255.
Treatment of Diffuse Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis by Repeated Electrocautry Under Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
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- 1Department of Internal Midicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis is an uncommon form of pulmonary involvement, and causes prolonged cough, dyspnea, wheezing and repeated development of pneumonia. We report a case of diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis in 58-year-old woman that was traeted by repeated electrocautry under flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The patient had a long-standing history of dyspnea and was admitted due to resting dyspnea, which was aggravated to impending respiratory failure after diagnostic procedures. We applied repeated electrocautry to the endobronchial amyloid tumors and successfully reduced bronchial stenosis and the pateint didn\'t feel dyspnea. We suppose that, in certain cases of tracheobronchial amyloidosis patients, endobronchial electrocautry would be a helpful procedure.
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