Bronchial rupture after intubation with double lumen endotracheal tube. Case report.

Background And Objectives: Tracheobronchial tree injuries are uncommon however severe complications after intubation or bronchoscopy. This report aimed at calling the attention to the difficult selective intubation, which has led to bronchial rupture associated to pneumomediastinum and hypertensive pneumothorax, with airway deformation and death by systemic inflammatory response.

Case Report: Male patient, 50 years old, with bronchopleural fistula secondary to bulla rupture in right lung upper lobe.