Bridging bronchus, type six, as a new rare case of a bronchial anomaly

Ashraf El-Molla; Mohamed Daabiss; Rashed Al-Otaibi; Hussein Al-Qudaihy; Samir Bawazir

doi:10.1186/s40981-016-0070-5

Bridging bronchus, type six, as a new rare case of a bronchial anomaly

JA Clin Rep. 2016;2(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40981-016-0070-5. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Authors

Ashraf El-Molla¹, Mohamed Daabiss², Rashed Al-Otaibi³, Hussein Al-Qudaihy⁴, Samir Bawazir⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.
² Department of Anesthesia, Pharos University, Canal El Mahmoudia Street, Alexandria, Egypt.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Director of Anesthesia Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Pediatric Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

In 1976, Gonzales-Crussi et al. (Am. J. Dis. Child. 130:1015-18, 1976) introduced the first case of bridging bronchus as a rare bronchial branching anomaly; since then, only 14 worldwide cases was described. We suggest our case might be number 15 and could be the first case of type six of this bronchial anomaly. We present a case of a 10-month-old infant with bridging bronchus, congenital tracheal stenosis, and double outlet right ventricle who underwent major laparoscopic surgery for repair of gastrointestinal anomalies to raise awareness of this rare underdiagnosed congenital anomaly and a thorough discussion of the tracheobronchial anomalies and its clinical implications.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Anomaly; Bridging bronchus; Tracheal stenosis.