Right Main Bronchus Rupture Presenting with Pneumoperitoneum

• Published in: Journal of chest surgery pp. 216 - 219
• Main Authors: 홍석범, 이지윤, 이준, 최국빈, 서종희
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 대한흉부외과학회 01-06-2018
• Subjects: 흉부외과학
• ISSN: 2765-1606; 2765-1614

We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient who was involved in a traffic accident and transferred to the emergency department with mild chest pain. We initially did not find evidence of tracheal injury on computed tomography (CT). Within an hour after presentation, the patient developed severe dyspnea and newly developed subcutaneous emphysema and pneumoperitoneum were discovered. Abdominal CT showed no intra-abdominal injury. However, destruction of the right main bronchus was identified on coronal images of the initially performed CT scan. Emergency exploratory surgery was performed. The amputated right main bronchus was identified. End-to-end tracheobronchial anastomosis was performed, and the patient recovered without any complications. KCI Citation Count: 0