Initial experience with SC for benign airway strictures suggests that this can be used safely. This is effective in improving symptoms and reducing the severity of airway narrowing. Re-intervention is still required. Further study should be undertaken to determine factors that may be associated with success or failure as well as the relative efficacy of SC compared with other endoscopic therapies.
Bronchial hemangiomas are rare vascular lesions of the conducting airways in adults and children. A variety of clinical presentations have been described and include respiratory distress as a result of central airway obstruction, but hemoptysis is unusual. The case described here is that of an elderly man with life-threatening hemoptysis associated with anticoagulation therapy who was ultimately discovered to have a bronchial hemangioma. Historical clinical presentations, histopathology, and treatment options for vascular lesions of the conducting airways are discussed. This patient was effectively treated with a new therapeutic modality available to interventional pulmonologists.
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