Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as suspected foreign body aspiration.
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.
Irving
R M
RM
Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
Richards
A
A
Fisher
E W
EW
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*