[Middle lobe syndrome].
Broncholithiasis is uncommon and usually a late complication of tuberculosis in France. The most common cause of broncholithiasis is erosion by and extrusion of a calcified lymph node into a bronchial lumen. Clinical symptoms are not specific and diagnosis may be an endoscopic or a radiologic surprise. We report a case of broncholithiasis in a patient with chronic cough. Fibroscopy established the diagnosis by showing the broncholith.
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Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Intercommunal de Fréjus/Saint-Raphaël, 240, avenue de Saint-Lambert, BP 110, 83608 Fréjus Cedex. vandenbosf@aol.com
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D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic