Severe Bronchomalacia in a 65-Year-Old Man Treated With
Stent Insertion Instead of Surgical Bronchoplasty
Tom G. Sutedja,1,2Jan C. de Graaf,1Franz M. Schramel,1Klaas W. Van Kralingen,1and Pieter E. Postmus1
Received22 Apr 1994
Accepted24 Oct 1994
Abstract
Bronchomalacia in adults is rare. A case is reported here of a 65-year-old man with severe cough and mucostasis, caused by a benign bronchomalacia of the ventral wall of the left main bronchus. This
was treated successfully with the insertion of a silicone Dumon stent as an alternative to surgical
bronchoplasty.
