A Case of Vanishing Bronchus Syndrome in a Non-lung Transplant Patient

Diane S Habib; Ariana Azimi-Shooshtari; Siva T Sarva; Ramesh Kesavan; Gnananandh Jayaraman

doi:10.7759/cureus.50168

A Case of Vanishing Bronchus Syndrome in a Non-lung Transplant Patient

Cureus. 2023 Dec 8;15(12):e50168. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50168. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Diane S Habib¹, Ariana Azimi-Shooshtari², Siva T Sarva³, Ramesh Kesavan³, Gnananandh Jayaraman³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Houston Healthcare-Kingwood/ University of Houston College of Medicine, Kingwood, USA.
² Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Specialist, Kingwood, USA.
³ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Houston Healthcare-Kingwood/ University of Houston College of Medicine, Kingwood, USA.

Abstract

Vanishing bronchus syndrome (VBS) is the most severe form of bronchial stenosis. It has been described as a complication following a lung transplant (LT). We present a case of VBS in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in remission status post chemotherapy and radiation therapy and no history of a lung transplant.

Keywords: endobronchial ultrasound (ebus); non-hodgkin’s lymphomas; non-lung transplant; radiation pneumonitis; vanishing bronchus syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports