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Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) · Nov 2012
A Promising Treatment for Broncholith Removal Using Cryotherapy during Flexible Bronchosopy: Two Case Reports.
- Jong Hwan Lee, Joong Hyun Ahn, Ah Young Shin, Sung Jin Kim, Sung Jun Kim, Gu-Min Cho, Hyun Jin Oh, In Ho Kim, and Ju Sang Kim.
- Division of Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
- Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). 2012 Nov 1; 73 (5): 282-7.
AbstractBroncholiths are defined as calcified materials that occur in a tracheobronchial tree or in a cavity communicating with that. Broncholith has variable clinical features. The therapeutic options to remove broncholiths are so variable that clinicians need to select the most safe and effective methods by mass size, mobility, and location. As yet, there is no consistent guideline removing a broncholith. We report 2 successful cases of removing a fixed broncholith by flexible bronchoscopy guided cryoadhesion. With repeated technique of thawing and freezing with ryoprobe, we could extract the fixed broncholith safely. This method is promising as a way to remove broncholith in the future.
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