PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D Themelin
AU  - P Duchatelet
AU  - W Boudaka
AU  - V Lamy
TI  - Endoscopic resection of an endobronchial hypernephroma metastasis using a polypectomy snare
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.03060732
DP  - 1990 Jun 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 732--733
VI  - 3
IP  - 6
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/6/732.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/6/732.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1990 Jun 01; 3
AB  - A 69 yr old male patient developed an acute respiratory distress. The emergency bronchoscopic examination showed a polypoid tumour obstructing the left main bronchus. A snare used for colorectal polypectomy was introduced through the bronchofibrescope to remove the tumour. The patient then dramatically improved. No side effects were observed. Histopathological examination showed metastasis from a hypernephroma. This simple technique is useful for bronchial deobstruction, when the tumour is accessible with a snare.