TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrapulmonary foreign body removal under virtual bronchoscopic navigation
AU - Takenaka, Tomoyoshi
AU - Katsura, Masakazu
AU - Shikada, Yasunori
AU - Furuya, Kiyomi
AU - Takeo, Sadanori
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - We report a case of successful removal of a pulmonary foreign body (gauze) using 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) with virtual bronchoscopy. A 70-year-old woman underwent thoracic surgery for tuberculosis approximately 35 years ago. In 2011, she presented with chronic cough and intermittent fever. A chest CT revealed a soft tissue mass measuring approximately 4.5 cm in diameter in the right residual lower lobe of the lung. On the basis of the chest CT, a foreign body was suspected. The foreign body could not be identified under conventional bronchoscopy because of the presence of multiple bronchial stenoses due to chronic inflammation. Therefore 3-dimensional CT with virtual bronchoscopy was performed to detect the exact location of the foreign body. The foreign body was successfully removed during the navigation, and her symptoms disappeared rapidly.
AB - We report a case of successful removal of a pulmonary foreign body (gauze) using 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) with virtual bronchoscopy. A 70-year-old woman underwent thoracic surgery for tuberculosis approximately 35 years ago. In 2011, she presented with chronic cough and intermittent fever. A chest CT revealed a soft tissue mass measuring approximately 4.5 cm in diameter in the right residual lower lobe of the lung. On the basis of the chest CT, a foreign body was suspected. The foreign body could not be identified under conventional bronchoscopy because of the presence of multiple bronchial stenoses due to chronic inflammation. Therefore 3-dimensional CT with virtual bronchoscopy was performed to detect the exact location of the foreign body. The foreign body was successfully removed during the navigation, and her symptoms disappeared rapidly.
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U2 - 10.1097/LBR.0b013e31824f5a99
DO - 10.1097/LBR.0b013e31824f5a99
M3 - Article
C2 - 23207364
AN - SCOPUS:84863666108
VL - 19
SP - 159
EP - 161
JO - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
JF - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
SN - 1944-6586
IS - 2
ER -