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Primary diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis treated by bronchoscopic Nd-YAG laser irradiation
M Fukumura1, T Mieno, T Suzuki
1Respiratory Unit, Showa General Hospital, Kodaira, Japan.
Japanese Journal of Medicine
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of primary diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis in a 45-year-old woman is reported. Because of tracheal stenosis immediately beneath the vocal cords, due to amyloid deposits, she was treated with Nd-YAG laser irradiation. Immediately after treatment, symptoms such as cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath on exertion improved. Bronchoscopic Nd-YAG laser irradiation proved useful for the removal of amyloid deposits from the trachea in this patient.