title: [Broncholithiasis in a case of silicotuberculosis].
abstract: Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Clinical symptoms are not suggestive of the condition in most cases, except for lithoptysis which occurs in 5 to 34% of the patients. Owing to the currently low frequency of tuberculosis, broncholithiasis is a rare and sometimes surprising diagnosis, as in the case reported here. In this 65-year old silicotic man, broncholithiasis was manifested by blood-stained expectoration. Fibroscopy established the diagnosis by showing 2 broncholiths, about 1 cm wide, which were endoscopically extracted. The second peculiarity of this case is that broncholithiasis was associated with active tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Philibert, Lomme.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mulliez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dabouz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002137:Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012830:Silicotuberculosis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Broncholithiase au cours d'une silico-tuberculose.