[A case report of thoracic foreign body resembling fungus ball on chest X-P].
A case of a foreign body tumor resembling fungus ball pre-operatively diagnosed by bronchofiberscopic examination is reported. A 54-year-old male was referred with a complaint of fever. Chest X-ray and tomography showed a mass shadow with meniscus sign resembling fungus ball in the right lower lung field. Trans-bronchial lung biopsy revealed sulfur-granule of actinomycosis. In spite of local injection of sensitive antibiotics (ABPC) once a week for two months the mass shadow remained unchanged on X-ray. Bronchofiberscopic examination was performed again and a small piece of fibrous substance was obtained, which had been left in previous operation done 17 years before. Re-thoracotomy assured that the mass was a foreign body tumor caused by a gauze.
Sasai
T
T
Sakakibara
S
S
Kaji
M
M
Yamada
Y
Y
Nitta
T
T
Yamate
N
N
Tanaka
S
S
Shouji
T
T
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed