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Pages 324-325 (June 2001)
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Vol. 37. Issue 6.
Pages 324-325 (June 2001)
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Neumonías recurrentes secundarias a broncomalacia idiopática
Recurrent pneumonia secondary to idiopathic bronchomalacia
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J. García-Donas Jiménez
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jgdonas@mixmail.com

Correspondencia: Avda. de Andalucía, 12. 28860 Paracuellos de Jarama. Madrid.
, M.J. Núñez Orantos, J.C. Pontes Navarro, P. Crespo Cobo
Servicios de Medicina Interna III Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos. Madrid
J.M. Fernández Sánchez-Alarcos*
* Servicios de Medicina Interna III Neumología. Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos. Madrid
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La broncomalacia en el adulto es una entidad secundaria a diversas agresiones sobre el árbol bronquial: bronquitis crónica, tuberculosis, intubación prolongada, cirugía, traumatismo, neoplasia o trasplante pulmonar.

Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 84 años sin ninguno de los antecedentes reseñados, a quien se detectó como única lesión una broncomalacia severa del bronquio principal izquierdo. Esta anomalía constituyó la causa de las neumonías de repetición que finalmente condicionaron su fallecimiento.

Aportamos las fotografías de la broncoscopia realizada a la paciente, en las que se observan la gravedad de la lesión y su repercusión funcional.

Palabras clave:
Broncomalacia
Neumonía de repetición

Bronchomalacia in adults develops secondary to bronchial disease processes (chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, neoplasm) or to lesions resulting from prolonged intubation, surgery, trauma, or lung transplantation.

We report the case of an 84-year-old woman with no history of any of the aforementioned associations in whom we detected severe idiopathic bronchomalacia of the main left bronchus. The identified lesion caused recurrent pneumonias leading to death.

We show images obtained by bronchoscopy, revealing the severity of the lesion and its functional repercussions.

Key words:
Bronchomalacia
Recurrent pneumonia
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