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KMID : 0980720140330010053
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Keimyung Medical Journal
2014 Volume.33 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.58
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A Case of Bronchonodal Fistula by Endobronchial Tuberculosis
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Kang Soo-Kyoung
Shin Won-Hyuk
Lee Seung-Hee
Yim Tae-Hoon
Kim Jee-Seon
Kim Byung-Chul
Kim Hak-Ro
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Abstract
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The Bronchial fistula is caused by infection, malignancy, trauma, inflammatory disease and foreign body. The bronchonodal fistula by endobronchial tuberculois is very rare complication. The authors present a 70-year-old man presented with hoarseness and sore throat. This patient diagnosed with endobronchial tuberculosis, which was complicated by bronchonodal fistula by sputum acid fast bacilli stain, bronchoscopy, and chest computed tomography. The patient was treated with antituberculosis therapy for 1 year, and follow up bronchoscopy and radiologic study showed regression of bronchonodal fistula.
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KEYWORD
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Bronchial fistula, Tuberculosis
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