title: A persistent unilateral lung infiltrate.
abstract: We describe the case of an intrabronchial aspirated foreign body that caused a persistent right lower lobe infiltrate. A first fibreoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated a mass with tumour-like appearance in the right bronchus intermedias, but the bronchial biopsies and the cytological smears of the bronchial aspirate failed to reveal any malignancy. During a control fibreoptic bronchoscopy, we found a chicken bone in this friable granulation tissue. It was subsequently removed with a flexible bronchofibrescope and a four-pronged forceps under topical anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Division, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tits
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verschakelen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Decramer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography