Open AccessThe interrupted bronchus: a fluoroscopic sign of bronchial foreign body in infants and children.
Author(s) -
Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham,
David K. Yousefzadeh
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.173.4.10511159
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchus , sign (mathematics) , fluoroscopy , bronchoscopy , atelectasis , radiology , foreign body , bronchography , radiography , foreign bodies , lung , surgery , respiratory disease , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The objective is to describe the characteristic features of the interrupted bronchus sign and to determine the value of this sign in detection of bronchial foreign bodies. The interrupted bronchus sign refers to disruption of the air column in the main bronchi seen by fluoroscopy.