Successful removal of expandable metallic stent in a patient with lung cancer

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Apr;20(2):202-4. doi: 10.1177/0218492311431347.

Abstract

A 64-year-old man, who had received chemoradiation therapy for stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer, underwent stent insertion with a covered expandable metallic stent for post-radiation bronchial stenosis. Stenosis due to formation of granulation tissue at the distal stent site resulted in critical respiratory failure. The stent was removed after 43 months, using rigid bronchoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnosis
  • Bronchial Diseases / etiology
  • Bronchial Diseases / surgery*
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / therapy
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Granulation Tissue / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed