title: [A case report of thoracic foreign body resembling fungus ball on chest X-P].
abstract: 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.
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authors.lastname: Sasai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nitta
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authors.lastname: Yamate
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shouji
mesh_terms: 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