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ECHEVERRI FRANCO, Jaime Alberto; SANCHEZ VALLEJO, Jaime; CORREA MOLINA, Diana Carolina  e  KIMMEL, Marco. Bronchogenic carcinoma and respiratory insufficiency; tumor electrofulguration, tracheobronchoplasty and urgent stent placement. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.2, pp.69-72. ISSN 0122-0667.

Lung cancer, one of the most frequent and with very high mortality, in the state of Risaralda, Colombia, has rates above 10 deaths per 100.000 people. In early stages, disease doesn’t produce symptoms or are nonspecific; when produce symptoms, usually is in advance stage. Dyspnea appears when tumor compromise central airway and depends on severe obstruction, generally more than 50%, which makes it serious. Lung cancer presents a case of patient with acute respiratory insufficiency due to critical trachea obstruction by bronchogenic tumor intraluminal commitment type, poorly differentiated squamous; at this stage it has been made rigid bronchoscopy, tumor with electrofulguration, mechanic debunking, trachea bronchoplasty and It takes immediate acute illness resolution; later he received cisplatin / gemcitabin chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Palavras-chave : Lung cancer; Colombia; respiratory insufficiency; bronchoscopy; tracheal stent.

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