Bronchoscopy in the pulmonary cavities

In the flexible bronchoscopy of the previous case, the entrance to the cavity is found through two bronchi separated by its spur, producing a double sign of the “black hole“. Hospital Francisco Muñiz

The chest radiograph was taken without the necessary centering, as shown by the asymmetry between the clavicles and the transverse processes, generating a false image of left pulmonary retraction, (sign of the “naked column”). A confusing destructive pattern occupies all that hemithorax in which a system of several lung cavities is hidden. Francisco Muñiz Hospital

It is one of the three ways in which it affects the lung. View of the interior of a cavity with colonies of Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungus produces a local disorder of coagulation and can cause serious and fatal hemoptysis. CT scan of the previous case in which the aspergilloma is observed as a prominence … Read more

On the right, the presence of the “black hole” sign announces the existence of the cavity. The mucosa is edematized and the division spur has lost its edge, becoming blunt. View of the entrance to the cavity

Inspection of the interior of a cave is an infrequent act. Small bronchi with tiny spurs may appear on its wall.