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Finger-in-glove sign in congenital bronchial atresia Miguel Ariza-Prota MD1, José Luis Diez Jarilla MD, Amador Prieto MD2,
Ana Pando-Sandoval MD1, Pere Casan MD1
1Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA). Instituto Nacional de Silicosis (INS). Área del Pulmón. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Oviedo. Oviedo. España; 2Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA). Departamento de Radiología. Oviedo, España.
Correspondence: Dr Miguel Angel Ariza Prota, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis (INS), Área del Pulmón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Avenida Roma s/n, Oviedo, Asturias 33011, Spain. Telephone 34-69006806, e-mail [email protected]
A 60-year-old woman was referred to the authors’ hospital in 2012, with a three-month history of nonproductive cough. She had no
chest pain, night sweats or fever. She had no known toxic habits, nor surgical or medical background of interest. The chest x-ray showed loss of normal lung markings in the left upper lobe and a rounded, branch-ing opacity mass lesion in the area of the left hilum (finger-in-glove
sign) (Figure 1A). A computed tomography scan of the chest showed mucoid impactation, segmental hyperlucency and decreased vascular-ity of the left upper lobe (Figure 1B). Three-dimensional reconstruc-tion of the bronchial tree revealed an atretic apicoposterior segmental bronchus of the left upper lobe confirming the diagnosis of congenital bronchial atresia (Figure 1C).
KEY LEARNING POINTS• Congenital bronchial atresia is a rare anomaly characterized by
normal bronchial ramification from a central blind bronchial sac filled with mucus (mucocoele). The regional hyperinflation is due to a check valve mechanism in the collateral ventilation through the alveolar pores of Kohn, the bronchoalveolar channels of Lambert, or the interbronchiolar channels.
• Distal to the bronchial atresia secretions accumulate, leading to mucoid impaction surrounded by segmental hyperlucency caused by a combination of trapped air and oligaemia.
• The apicoposterior segmental bronchus of the left upper lobe is most commonly affected.
• Sixty percent of patients are asymptomatic, their anomaly being discovered on a routine chest radiograph.
• Computed tomography (with contrast if necessary) is the diagnostic test of choice.
• The differential diagnosis of finger-in-glove sign includes mucus impaction due to cystic fibrosis, allergic bronchopulmonary asperigillosis, broncholithiasis, foreign body aspiration and malignancies.
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Figure 1) A Posteroanterior radiograph showing loss of normal lung markings in the left upper lobe and a rounded, branching opacity mass lesion (glove-in-finger sign) in the area of the left hilum (white arrow). B Axial computed tomography image revealing mucoid impaction, segmental hyperlucency and decreased vascularity in the left upper lobe. C Three-dimensional reconstruction of the bronchial tree. No division of the corresponding bronchi, confirming the diagnosis of left upper lobe congenital bronchial atresia (arrows)
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