[Post-traumatic stenosis of the bronchus (author's transl)]

The authors describe the unusual symptomatology presented by 2 cases of traumatic bronchial rupture in childhood. The first concerns a boy with rupture of the left superior bronchus revealed by a contra-lateral hemopneumothorax. The second cases concerns a young girl with rupture of the right main bronchus: wheezing appearing on the tenth day permitted the diagnosis. They emphasize the eventuality of partial bronchial lesions in cases of moderate and serious thoracic trauma in the child, which should be investigated by bronchoscopy the slightest doubt exists.