Open AccessAccessory Bronchus in a Patient With Chronic Cough
Author(s) -
Raúl Rodríguez-Fuentes,
Edgar A. Esparza,
Marco P. Macías,
Oscar Quiroz-Castro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31828d33ec
Subject(s) - medicine , flexible bronchoscopy , bronchus , chronic cough , bronchoscopy , right main bronchus , left main bronchus , radiology , computed tomography , respiratory disease , asthma , lung
The accessory bronchus involving the trachea or main bronchi is very rare. In this report, we present images of an accessory bronchus, detected by computed tomography scan and flexible bronchoscopy. Our patient was suffering from persistent productive cough and had normal chest x-ray. We review the literature to establish relationship between our patient's symptoms and this congenital anomaly.