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Case Reports
. 2017 Jan;96(4):e5992.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005992.

Childhood recurrent pneumonia caused by endobronchial sutures: A case report

Yiheng Zan  1 , Hanmin Liu, Lin Zhong, Li Qiu, Qingfen Tao, Lina Chen
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Case Reports

Childhood recurrent pneumonia caused by endobronchial sutures: A case report

Yiheng Zan et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Recurrent pneumonia is defined as more than two episodes of pneumonia in one year or three or more episodes anytime in life. Common clinical scenarios leading to recurrent pneumonia include anatomical abnormalities of respiratory tract, immunodeficiency, congenital heart diseases, primary ciliary dyskinesia, etc.

Case report: A school-aged girl suffered from 1-2 episodes of pneumonia each year after trachea connection and lung repair operation resulted from an accident of car crash. Bronchoscopy revealed the sutures twisted with granulation in the left main bronchus and the patient's symptoms relieved after removal of the sutures. Here we report for the first time that surgical suture was the cause of recurrent pneumonia.

Conclusions: This case indicates that children with late and recurrent onset of pneumonia should undergo detailed evaluation including bronchoscopy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Bronchoscopy revealed surgical sutures in the left main bronchus, the sutures were then taken out by forceps, and the mucosa of the left main bronchus was edematous accompanied by granulation formation and the diameter of the bronchus was reduced.
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