McRae Matthew C, Detterbeck Frank C, Narayan Deepak
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, The Banting Institute, Toronto, Canada.
BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Apr 1;2011:bcr1120103523. doi: 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3523.
The authors describe a patient who underwent a right pneumonectomy for removal of a bronchial carcinoid tumour. Over time she developed recurrent infections, dyspnoea and wheeze despite no evidence of tumour recurrence. A marked mediastinal shift caused severe narrowing of the left main-stem bronchus as it was draped over the vertebral column consistent with a diagnosis of postpneumonectomy syndrome. Mediastinal reorientation was accomplished with the placement of two breast implants. Failure of the superior implant resulted in a recurrence of symptoms 4 months postoperatively. A durable custom expander with wall thickness three times that of a standard expander was placed after rupture of one of the two initially placed saline implants. At 2-years follow-up the patient has complete resolution of symptoms, without any further postoperative complications.
作者描述了一名因切除支气管类癌瘤而接受右肺切除术的患者。随着时间的推移,尽管没有肿瘤复发的证据,但她仍反复出现感染、呼吸困难和喘息症状。明显的纵隔移位导致左主支气管严重狭窄,因为它覆盖在脊柱上,符合肺切除术后综合征的诊断。通过植入两个乳房假体实现了纵隔重新定位。上方的假体失败导致术后4个月症状复发。在最初植入的两个盐水假体之一破裂后,放置了一个壁厚为标准假体三倍的耐用定制扩张器。在2年的随访中,患者症状完全缓解,没有任何进一步的术后并发症。