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Endobronchial Obstruction

MedGen UID:
1665184
•Concept ID:
C4744843
•
Finding

Definition

Partial or complete blockage of the bronchial lumen by a pathological process that occurs within the bronchus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEndobronchial Obstruction

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical and radiologic manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients and their outcomes after treatment.
Suwatanapongched T, Sangsatra W, Boonsarngsuk V, Watcharananan SP, Incharoen P
Diagn Interv Radiol 2013 Nov-Dec;19(6):438-46. doi: 10.5152/dir.2013.13049. PMID: 23864332
Consensus statement on palliative lung radiotherapy: third international consensus workshop on palliative radiotherapy and symptom control.
Rodrigues G, Macbeth F, Burmeister B, Kelly KL, Bezjak A, Langer C, Hahn C, Movsas B
Clin Lung Cancer 2012 Jan;13(1):1-5. Epub 2011 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2011.04.004. PMID: 21729656
The treatment of malignant endobronchial obstruction with laser ablation.
Taber SW, Buschemeyer WC 3rd, Fingar VH, Wieman TJ
Surgery 1999 Oct;126(4):730-3; discussion 733-5. PMID: 10520922

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Characterizing Lung-RADS category 4 lesions in a university lung cancer screening program.
Kocher Wulfeck M, Plesner S, Herndon JE 2nd, Christensen JD, Patz EF Jr
Lung Cancer 2023 Dec;186:107420. Epub 2023 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107420. PMID: 37956610
Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life.
Ost DE, Ernst A, Grosu HB, Lei X, Diaz-Mendoza J, Slade M, Gildea TR, Machuzak MS, Jimenez CA, Toth J, Kovitz KL, Ray C, Greenhill S, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Wahidi MM, Eapen GA, Feller-Kopman D, Morice RC, Benzaquen S, Tremblay A, Simoff M; AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry
Chest 2015 May;147(5):1282-1298. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1526. PMID: 25358019Free PMC Article
The role of high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the palliation of symptoms in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review.
Ung YC, Yu E, Falkson C, Haynes AE, Stys-Norman D, Evans WK; Lung Cancer Disease Site Group Of Cancer Care Ontario's Program In Evidence-Based Care
Brachytherapy 2006 Jul-Sep;5(3):189-202. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.001. PMID: 16864071
Endobronchial hamartoma.
Cosío BG, Villena V, Echave-Sustaeta J, de Miguel E, Alfaro J, Hernandez L, Sotelo T
Chest 2002 Jul;122(1):202-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.122.1.202. PMID: 12114359
Endobronchial tuberculosis: CT features.
Lee KS, Kim YH, Kim WS, Hwang SH, Kim PN, Lee BH
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1991 May-Jun;15(3):424-8. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199105000-00014. PMID: 2026803

Diagnosis

Anesthetic considerations in interventional pulmonology.
Sikachi RR, Mishra KL, Anders M
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2024 Jan 1;30(1):99-106. Epub 2023 Nov 6 doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000001033. PMID: 37930637
Pressure-Dependent Pneumothorax and Air Leak: Physiology and Clinical Implications.
Chopra A, Doelken P, Hu K, Huggins JT, Judson MA
Chest 2023 Sep;164(3):796-805. Epub 2023 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.049. PMID: 37187435
Endobronchial hamartoma.
Cosío BG, Villena V, Echave-Sustaeta J, de Miguel E, Alfaro J, Hernandez L, Sotelo T
Chest 2002 Jul;122(1):202-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.122.1.202. PMID: 12114359
Endobronchial nocardiosis.
Casty FE, Wencel M
Eur Respir J 1994 Oct;7(10):1903-5. doi: 10.1183/09031936.94.07101903. PMID: 7828703
Photodynamic therapy for thoracic malignancies.
Pass HI, Pogrebniak H
Semin Surg Oncol 1992 Jul-Aug;8(4):217-25. doi: 10.1002/ssu.2980080407. PMID: 1386470

Therapy

Pressure-Dependent Pneumothorax and Air Leak: Physiology and Clinical Implications.
Chopra A, Doelken P, Hu K, Huggins JT, Judson MA
Chest 2023 Sep;164(3):796-805. Epub 2023 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.049. PMID: 37187435
Role of photodynamic therapy in unresectable esophageal and lung cancer.
Chen M, Pennathur A, Luketich JD
Lasers Surg Med 2006 Jun;38(5):396-402. doi: 10.1002/lsm.20364. PMID: 16788924
Photodynamic therapy in lung cancer. A review.
Ost D
Methods Mol Med 2003;75:507-26. doi: 10.1385/1-59259-324-0:507. PMID: 12407761
Endobronchial brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy in patients with endobronchial obstruction and extrabronchial extension.
Gejerman G, Mullokandov EA, Bagiella E, Blaivas A, Beitler JJ
Brachytherapy 2002;1(4):204-10. doi: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00098-3. PMID: 15062168
Photodynamic therapy for thoracic malignancies.
Pass HI, Pogrebniak H
Semin Surg Oncol 1992 Jul-Aug;8(4):217-25. doi: 10.1002/ssu.2980080407. PMID: 1386470

Prognosis

Characterizing Lung-RADS category 4 lesions in a university lung cancer screening program.
Kocher Wulfeck M, Plesner S, Herndon JE 2nd, Christensen JD, Patz EF Jr
Lung Cancer 2023 Dec;186:107420. Epub 2023 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107420. PMID: 37956610
Intrinsic endobronchial obstructions in children from Turkey: evaluation of 2,555 flexible bronchoscopic procedures.
Kut A, Cakir E, Gokdemir Y, Midyat L, Ersu R, Erdem E, Karadag B, Karakoc F
Respiration 2013;85(1):43-8. Epub 2012 Sep 20 doi: 10.1159/000342339. PMID: 23006581
Role of photodynamic therapy in unresectable esophageal and lung cancer.
Chen M, Pennathur A, Luketich JD
Lasers Surg Med 2006 Jun;38(5):396-402. doi: 10.1002/lsm.20364. PMID: 16788924
Endobronchial brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy in patients with endobronchial obstruction and extrabronchial extension.
Gejerman G, Mullokandov EA, Bagiella E, Blaivas A, Beitler JJ
Brachytherapy 2002;1(4):204-10. doi: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00098-3. PMID: 15062168
Laser bronchoscopy.
Ramser ER, Beamis JF Jr
Clin Chest Med 1995 Sep;16(3):415-26. PMID: 8521697

Clinical prediction guides

Characterizing Lung-RADS category 4 lesions in a university lung cancer screening program.
Kocher Wulfeck M, Plesner S, Herndon JE 2nd, Christensen JD, Patz EF Jr
Lung Cancer 2023 Dec;186:107420. Epub 2023 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107420. PMID: 37956610
Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life.
Ost DE, Ernst A, Grosu HB, Lei X, Diaz-Mendoza J, Slade M, Gildea TR, Machuzak MS, Jimenez CA, Toth J, Kovitz KL, Ray C, Greenhill S, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Wahidi MM, Eapen GA, Feller-Kopman D, Morice RC, Benzaquen S, Tremblay A, Simoff M; AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry
Chest 2015 May;147(5):1282-1298. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1526. PMID: 25358019Free PMC Article
Clinical and radiologic manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients and their outcomes after treatment.
Suwatanapongched T, Sangsatra W, Boonsarngsuk V, Watcharananan SP, Incharoen P
Diagn Interv Radiol 2013 Nov-Dec;19(6):438-46. doi: 10.5152/dir.2013.13049. PMID: 23864332
Endobronchial brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy in patients with endobronchial obstruction and extrabronchial extension.
Gejerman G, Mullokandov EA, Bagiella E, Blaivas A, Beitler JJ
Brachytherapy 2002;1(4):204-10. doi: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00098-3. PMID: 15062168
Intraluminal low-dose rate brachytherapy for malignant endobronchial obstruction.
Lo TC, Beamis JF Jr, Weinstein RS, Costey GE, Andrews CF, Webb-Johnson DC, Girshovich L, Leibenhaut MH
Radiother Oncol 1992 Jan;23(1):16-20. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(92)90300-j. PMID: 1736327

Recent systematic reviews

The role of high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the palliation of symptoms in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review.
Ung YC, Yu E, Falkson C, Haynes AE, Stys-Norman D, Evans WK; Lung Cancer Disease Site Group Of Cancer Care Ontario's Program In Evidence-Based Care
Brachytherapy 2006 Jul-Sep;5(3):189-202. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.001. PMID: 16864071

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