title: Prawns masquerading as endobronchial tumours.
abstract: This report details the events surrounding the case of an 89-year-old woman referred for surgery with a suspected endobronchial tumour. At rigid bronchoscopy she was found to have inspissated sputum within which the remains of organic foreign bodies (king prawns) were found obstructing the left main and left upper lobe bronchi. We outline her presentation, initial diagnosis and eventual outcome, and re-emphasise the importance of bronchoscopy as a vital tool in the assessment of any endoluminal lesion of the airway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J F K
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marzouk
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001980:Bronchi; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed