ACUTE AIRWAY-OBSTRUCTION AND NECROTIZING TRACHEOBRONCHITIS FROM INVASIVE MYCOSIS

Necrotizing tracheobronchitis and acute airway obstruction from invasi ve mycosis developed in a patient who had undergone bone marrow transp lantation. The infectious process obstructed the airway and disintegra ted the walls of the right mainstem bronchus and pulmonary artery. The airway was cleared using rigid bronchoscopy to extract the detritus. The patient died of hemorrhage after rupture of the pulmonary artery t hrough the right mainstem bronchus.