Difficult removal after bronchial filling of an endobronchial Watanabe spigot with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for intractable pneumothorax : A case report

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A 52-year-old man developed a right pneumothorax during treatment for COVID-19. In a previous case report concerning this patient, his recovery was achieved through implanting four endobronchial Watanabe spigots (EWS) in the right B1 and B3 in two phases and spraying N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA). One year later, EWS removal was planned. He was intubated under bronchoscopic guidance, and the right upper lobe was observed. The right B1 and B3 inlets were found to be covered with granuloma. Despite the presence of a nylon thread for easy retrieval and partial debridement of the granulation, removal of the implanted EWS in the right B1 and B3 using grasping forceps, basket forceps, and two types of balloons under fluoroscopic guidance was challenging. NBCA spraying is a possible cause of foreign body granuloma formation. Therefore, careful consideration of the indications for the combined EWS-NBCA procedure is necessary.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Respirology case reports - 11(2023), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite e01126

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakamura, Tomoaki [VerfasserIn]
Ro, Shosei [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Chie [VerfasserIn]
Kanomata, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Kitamura, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
Endobronchial Watanabe spigot
Foreign body granuloma
N‐butyl‐2‐cyanoacrylate

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Date Revised 25.03.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/rcr2.1126

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NLM354649841