An unusual case of grass inflorescence aspiration presenting as a chest wall tumour.
A 9-year-old boy was referred to the Oncology Department because of a thoracic soft-tissue mass thought to be a chest wall tumour. He had a history of grass inflorescence (Hordeum murinum) aspiration 2 weeks prior to this admission. On physical examination a tender soft-tissue mass under the right scapula and diminished breath sounds from the right lower lobe were detected. Thoracic CT confirmed soft-tissue swelling of the right posterior chest wall. There was a hypodense area within the soft-tissue mass suggesting a foreign body and also focal consolidation of the right lower lobe adjacent to the soft-tissue swelling. We report here unique CT findings of grass inflorescence aspiration before and after its migration through the airways.
Karagöz
Begül
B
Department of Paediatric Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. drbegul@yahoo.com
Köksal
Yavuz
Y
Varan
Ali
A
Haliloglu
Mithat
M
Ekinci
Saniye
S
Büyükpamukçu
Münevver
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001467:Hordeum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed