Malignant central airway obstruction refers to the obstruction of the trachea, and right or left main bronchus due to neoplastic growth. The airway is generally compromised by ∼50% at presentation when the patient develops symptoms. Diagnosis is done by flexible bronchoscopy and imaging. However, treatment is challenging due to recurrence, and increased vascularity of tumors, owing to dreaded complications of bleeding and airway compromise. Tracheoesophageal fistula is an abnormal communication of the trachea with the esophagus. It occurs in advanced stages of esophageal and lung malignancy. Bronchoscopy and airway stenting is the palliative treatment option due to the advanced stage of the disease. We present three different case scenarios of thoracic malignancies who underwent airway stenting.
Keywords central airway obstruction - endobronchial stenting - tracheoesophageal fistula - SEMS© 2023. Nitte (Deemed to be University). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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