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. 1995;1(4):227–228. doi: 10.1155/DTE.1.227

Severe Bronchomalacia in a 65-Year-Old Man Treated With Stent Insertion Instead of Surgical Bronchoplasty

Tom G Sutedja 1,2,✉, Jan C de Graaf 1, Franz M Schramel 1, Klaas W Van Kralingen 1, Pieter E Postmus 1
PMCID: PMC2362491  PMID: 18493370

Abstract

Bronchomalacia in adults is rare. A case is reported here of a 65-year-old man with severe cough and mucostasis, caused by a benign bronchomalacia of the ventral wall of the left main bronchus. This was treated successfully with the insertion of a silicone Dumon stent as an alternative to surgical bronchoplasty.

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