COMPRESSION OF THE LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS BETWEEN A DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSM AND AN ENLARGED RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY

Authors
PENNER C MAYCHER B LIGHT RB
Citation
C. Penner et al., COMPRESSION OF THE LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS BETWEEN A DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSM AND AN ENLARGED RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY, Chest, 106(3), 1994, pp. 959-961
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
106
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
959 - 961
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)106:3<959:COTLMB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A man with chronic obstructive lung disease presented to the hospital with respiratory failure and a chest x-ray indicated complete radiopac ity of the left hemithorax. An endobronchial malignancy was suspected, but unexpectedly left-main bronchial occlusion was found secondary to compression between a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm and an enla rged right pulmonary artery.