Bronchial foreign body masquerading as a lung carcinoma.
Three cases which presented with clinical and radiological features consistent with a diagnosis of lung neoplasm and eventually turned out to be due to a foreign body are described. Their management and outcome was different in each case. The value of making a firm histological diagnosis in bronchoscopically visible lesions prior to thoracotomy is emphasised. Multiple bronchoscopic examinations and biopsies may be needed to achieve a histological diagnosis.
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Regional Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, England.
D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged