[A bronchial polyp and foreign body in an adolescent].
A fifteen-year-old adolescent with recurrent pneumonia in the last two years is presented. The polyp in the lobar bronchus for the right inferior lobe and a foreign body in posterobasal segmental bronchus were found on bronchoscopy. The polyp (patHohistologically confirmed granulomatous tissue) and foreign body (thorny fruit of small caltrops, Tribulus terrestris) were extracted through a rigid ventilatory bronchoscope. The polyp presumably developed from the thorn of the fruit stuck in bronchial mucosa.
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Specijalna bolnica za bolesti disnog sustava djece i mladezi, Srebrnjak 100, 10000 Zagreb.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011127:Polyps / Q000209:etiology*