title: Chronic bronchial foreign body mimicking peripheral lung tumor.
abstract: We describe a case with chronic bronchial foreign body presenting with recurrent hemoptysis mimicking a peripheral lung tumor, and the outcome of surgical resection. A 61-year-old female with recurrent hemoptysis had a peripheral nodule in the right lower lobe. A right bronchial arteriogram showed dilatation and hypervascularity in the nodule. Surgical removal of the nodule contained a small branch of a white cedar. Chronic bronchial foreign body, while rare in adults, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of peripheral lung tumors associated with recurrent hemoptysis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takatani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soda
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed