Uvular Necrosis from a Traumatic Bronchoscopy |Biomedgrid

Introduction: Uvular Necrosis is a relatively rare and unfortunate circumstance following a traumatic oropharyngeal insertion of medical instruments. These medical instruments cause compression of the uvula decreasing vascular supply leading to necrosis and subsequently sloughing off of the affected area. Case Presentation: Patient was a 29-year-old cruise ship worker with no past medical history who presented with history of night sweats, fevers, productive cough, anorexia, and weight loss. While the patient was isolated and being worked up for Tuberculosis, patient was scheduled for a bronchoscopy with a bronchioalveolar lavage to rule out intrabronchial lesions and to collect sputum cultures for mycobacterium species. Post-procedure patient experienced sore throat, odynophagia, dysphagia; which was diagnosed as uvular necrosis.