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Deep tracheal laceration after balloon dilation for benign tracheobronchial stenosis: case reports of two patients

Departments of ¹Radiology, ²Urology and ³Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: Ji Hoon Shin, MD, Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.

We report two cases of deep tracheal laceration in female patients after balloon dilation for benign tracheobronchial stenosis. Immediate post-procedure bronchoscopy and CT including 3D reconstructions showed deep lacerations in the posterior tracheal wall. Clinically, the patients' dyspnoea subsided and there has been no recurrence during follow-up after balloon dilation. On the follow-up 3D-reconstructed CT scans obtained 2 months and 8 months following balloon dilation, respectively, the lacerations had healed completely and there was considerable improvement in lumen size.

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