scholarly journals A Case of Severe Bronchial Asthma Controlled with Tacrolimus

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Hirokazu Taniguchi ◽  
Kotaro Tokui ◽  
Yasuhiro Iwata ◽  
Hitoshi Abo ◽  
Saburo Izumi

Background. The control of severe bronchial asthma, such as corticosteroid-resistant asthma, is difficult. It is also possible that immunosuppressive agents would be effective for bronchial asthma. Case Summary. A 55-year-old Japanese female presented with severe bronchial asthma controlled with tacrolimus. She had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma during childhood. Her asthma worsened, and a chest radiograph showed atelectasis of the left lung. Bronchoscopy revealed the left main bronchus to be obstructed with viscous sputum consisting of 82% neutrophils and no eosinophils. The atelectasis did not improve with corticosteroid treatment, but was ameliorated by administration of tacrolimus. Discussion. This patient had severe asthma due to neutrophilic inflammation of the airways. Tacrolimus is effective for treating severe asthma, for example, in corticosteroid-resistant cases.


Haigan ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Kiso ◽  
Nobuyuki Kondo ◽  
Ryo Miyahara ◽  
Toru Bando ◽  
Makoto Sonobe ◽  
...  


2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.E. Erbaycu ◽  
I. Karasu ◽  
F.G. Özdemirkıran ◽  
N. Yücel ◽  
A. Özsöz ◽  
...  

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-derived lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) arises not only from the stomach but also from various non-gastrointestinal sites. A thirty two year old woman, suffering from breathlessness for one year, had been treated for bronchial asthma. A chest radiograph showed a mediastinum and heart transposition to the right side and emphysema of the left lung. In the thorax spiral tomography, a mass narrowing left main bronchi, five centimeters in length from the carina, was seen. A fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed millimetric polypoid lesions those nearly totally obstructed the left main bronchi. The bronchoscopic biopsy showed a diagnosis of MALT lymphoma. She was seen for check-ups following chemotherapy but no further treatment has been carried out.



2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
D.A. Andreev ◽  
◽  
I.N. Khvorostov ◽  
O.N. Damirov ◽  
O.I. Verbin ◽  
...  

The article presents a case of successful surgical treatment of a 3-month-old child with a rare pathology – tuberculosis lesion of the intrathoracic lymph nodes causing compression of the left main bronchus. The child was admitted with signs of respiratory failure. An X-ray examination revealed signs of emphysema of the left lung. According to the data of contrast CT, a volumetric hypodensive formation was detected, which slightly accumulated contrast, with a capsule up to 0,3 cm thick, located in the area of the tracheal bifurcation, causing compression of the left main bronchus, esophagus, pulmonary bifurcation. During tracheobronchoscopy, a narrowing of the main bronchus to 1 mm was found immediately after bifurcation of the trachea. During the operation, a formation with a diameter of up to 2 cm was removed. According to the results of a morphological study, the formation is regarded as tuberculous granulomatous inflammation of the lymph node. The rarity of the pathology causes difficulties in diagnosis and treatment.



2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Shang Lai ◽  
Ko-Huang Lue ◽  
Jang-Ming Su ◽  
Han Chang


2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Vytautas Sirvydis ◽  
Arimantas Grebelis ◽  
Gintaras Turkevičius ◽  
Vytautas Pronckus ◽  
Remigijus Sipavičius ◽  
...  

Vytautas Sirvydis1, Arimantas Grebelis1, Gintaras Turkevičius1, Vytautas Pronckus1, Remigijus Sipavičius1, Stasys Stankevičius2, Mindaugas Balčiūnas2, Povilas Radikas2, Evaldas Žurauskas31 Vilniaus universiteto Širdies ir kraujagyslių ligų klinika, Širdies chirurgijos centras,Vilniaus universiteto ligoninė "Santariškių klinikos", Santariškių g. 2, LT-08611 VilniusEl. paštas: [email protected] Vilniaus universiteto Anesteziologijos ir reanimatologijos klinika,Anesteziologijos, intensyvios terapijos ir skausmo gydymo centras,Vilniaus universiteto ligoninė "Santariškių klinikos"3 Valstybinis patologijos centras Įvadas Pateikiamas nediagnozuotos disekuojamosios torakoabdominalinės aneurizmos (Crawfordo II tipo) fistulės į kairįjį plautį atvejis. Klinikinis atvejis Didelė intervencijos rizika ir sąlyginai stabili ligonio būklė nutolino operaciją. Paskutinio hospitalizavimo metu buvo įtarta aneurizmos disekacija ir spindžio trombozė. Dėl sparčiai blogėjančios būklės ligonis buvo operuojamas skubos tvarka. Operuojant rasta pilna trombų disekuojanti degeneravusi nusileidžiančiosios aortos aneurizma ir jos fistulė į kairįjį pagrindinį bronchą. Pašalinus aneurizmos maišą, nusileidžiančioji aorta buvo pakeista kraujagysliniu protezu, pašalintas ir nefunkcionavęs kairysis plautis. Pooperacinį laikotarpį sunkino tebesitęsiantis difuzinis kraujavimas. Nepaisant intensyvaus gydymo, ligonio būklė vis blogėjo ir jis mirė antrą parą po operacijos nuo dauginio organų nepakankamumo. Patologiniu pašalintojo plaučio tyrimu nustatyti seni organizuoti trombai ir nauji krešuliai bronchuose, taip pat cholesterolio kristalai parenchimoje, rodantys kraujavimo epizodus ir lėtinę embolizaciją aterominėmis plokštelėmis pro aneurizmos ir broncho fistulę. Išvada Ligonius, kuriems yra torakoabdominalinė aortos aneurizma, reikia stebėti labai aktyviai ir trumpai, o indikacijos chirurginiam gydymui turi būti nustatomos anksčiau ir ryžtingiau. Reikšminiai žodžiai: krūtinės aortos aneurizma, pilvo aortos aneurizma, disekuojamoji aortos aneurizma, aortos plyšimas Dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: an undiagnosed rupture into the left main bronchus Vytautas Sirvydis1, Arimantas Grebelis1, Gintaras Turkevičius1, Vytautas Pronckus1, Remigijus Sipavičius1, Stasys Stankevičius2, Mindaugas Balčiūnas2, Povilas Radikas2, Evaldas Žurauskas3 Background A case report presents a patient with undiagnosed Crawford type II dissecting thoracoabdominal aneurysm fistulation into the left main bronchus. Case report The high risk associated with the aneurysm repair and the conditionally stable patient’s state delayed the elective operative treatment. At a recent admission, aneurysm dissection with lumen thrombosis was suspected. The quickly deteriorating patient’s condition determined urgent surgical intervention. A dissecting degenerative descending aortic aneurysm packed with a large amount of thrombi and fistulation into the left main bronchus was found during the procedure. Following debridiment the descending aorta was replaced with a prosthetic graft, and the non-functioning left lung was extirpated. Persistent diffuse bleeding complicated the early postoperative course. Despite the aggressive medical therapy, the patient’s condition deteriorated progressively and he died on the second postoperative day due to multisystemic organ failure. Pathological investigation of the resected left lung showed chronic organized thrombi and fresh clots within the bronchi with cholesterol crystals in the parenchyma, evidencing bleeding episodes with chronic embolisation with atheromatous plaques through the aneurysm-bronchial fistula. Conclusion The follow-up of patients with thoracoabdominal aneurysm should be very active and short, and indications for surgical repair should be determined earlier and more decisively. Keywords: thoracic aortic aneurysm, abdominal aortic aneurysm, dissecting aortic aneurysm, aortic rupture



1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1658-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiiki Satoh ◽  
Chikara Tsugawa ◽  
Noriaki Tsubota ◽  
Eiji Nishijima ◽  
Toshihiro Muraji






1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhu Sudan Barthwal ◽  
Dheeraj Gupta ◽  
Rana Sandeep Singh ◽  
Nandita Kakkar

A 50-year-old man presented with recurrent infections and progressively increasing breathlessness of 5 years duration. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a smooth-rounded growth obstructing the left main bronchus. Computed tomography scan showed complete collapse of the left lung with extensive bronchiectasis. A pneumonectomy was performed.



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