Tracheobronchial stent insertions in the management of major airway obstruction in a patient with Hunter syndrome (type-II mucopolysaccharidosis)

S M Davitt; A Hatrick; T Sabharwal; A Pearce; M Gleeson; A Adam

doi:10.1007/s003300100932

Tracheobronchial stent insertions in the management of major airway obstruction in a patient with Hunter syndrome (type-II mucopolysaccharidosis)

Eur Radiol. 2002 Feb;12(2):458-62. doi: 10.1007/s003300100932. Epub 2001 Jun 19.

Authors

S M Davitt¹, A Hatrick, T Sabharwal, A Pearce, M Gleeson, A Adam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, St. Thomas' Street, London SE1 9RT, UK.

PMID: 11870450
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100932

Abstract

We report a case of a 22-year-old male with Hunter syndrome who developed progressive major airway obstruction and was treated with insertion of plastic and metallic stents, with dramatic improvement in the patient's symptomatic and functional status. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of endoluminal stents being used in the management of major airway obstruction in a patient with Hunter syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Catheterization
Humans
Lung Diseases, Obstructive / etiology*
Lung Diseases, Obstructive / therapy*
Male
Mucopolysaccharidosis II / complications*
Recurrence
Stents*
Tracheal Stenosis / etiology
Tracheal Stenosis / therapy