[Hemoptysis caused by a retained piece of chest drain].
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.
Otten
H J
HJ
Universitair Longcentrum Dekkerswald, Groesbeek.
Barentsz
J O
JO
Cox
A L
AL
Lacquet
L K
LK
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
Haemoptoë door een achtergebleven stuk thoraxdrain.