title: [Hemoptysis caused by a retained piece of chest drain].
abstract: We describe a patient with haemoptysis 13 and 22 years after thoracotomy for a leiomyoma of the oesophagus. Despite extensive evaluation we did not get a firm diagnosis. The findings at bronchoscopy and microscopy suggested the possibility of a bronchial adenoma. At exploratory thoracotomy we found an intrapulmonary torn-off tip of a pleural drain. In retrospect, this foreign body was recognizable on the lung tomogram, the computerized tomogram and the magnetic resonance image. We discuss the diagnostic approach of a patient with non-massive haemoptysis.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Longcentrum Dekkerswald, Groesbeek.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barentsz
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lacquet
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D015505:Chest Tubes; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Haemoptoë door een achtergebleven stuk thoraxdrain.