Broncholithiasis with Recurrent Lithoptysis: A Case Report
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OBJECTIVE To report a case of broncholithiasis with different types of calculi in the tracheobronchial tree. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 50-year-old male who suffered from hemoptysis presented with recurrent broncholith expectoration due to past tuberculous middle lobe syndrome. Bronchoscopic examination revealed loose and embedded broncholiths located at two different bronchi. A surgical resection was suggested, but he refused. CONCLUSION The diagnosis of broncholithiasis should be kept in mind in patients who had hemoptysis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes on thorax computerized tomography, and diagnostic bronchoscopy should be done to prove the relationship of the tracheobronchial tree with a broncholith.
منابع مشابه
[Airway calcium deposition and broncholithiasis in disorders of mucociliary clearance].
To the Editor: We read with interest the report by García Pachón et al1 regarding idiopathic chronic lithoptysis and the letter by Roig Vázquez et al2 on lithoptysis in a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). Complementing these observations, we recently completed an analysis of lithoptysis and airway calcification in a large cohort (n=142) of wellcharacterized PCD patients.3 We identi...
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دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013