title: Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as suspected foreign body aspiration.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a disease of protean manifestations, and despite a falling incidence is still prevalent in our society. We present a case of a child whose history and preoperative chest radiograph suggested the presence of a foreign body, but subsequent examination of the material removed at endoscopy revealed a diagnosis of tuberculosis. We suggest that all friable material removed from the lower respiratory tract be submitted for microscopy, culture and histopathology with this diagnosis in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*