Broncholithiasis with recurrent lithoptysis: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of broncholithiasis with different types of calculi in the tracheobronchial tree.


METHODS
A 50-year-old male who suffered from hemoptysis presented with recurrent broncholith expectoration due to past tuberculous middle lobe syndrome. Bronchoscopic examination revealed loose and embedded broncholiths located at two different bronchi. A surgical resection was suggested, but he refused.


CONCLUSIONS
The diagnosis of broncholithiasis should be kept in mind in patients who had hemoptysis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes on thorax computerized tomography, and diagnostic bronchoscopy should be done to prove the relationship of the tracheobronchial tree with a broncholith.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
Ahmet
A
Bircan
Duygu
D
Onur
Aydın
A
Yılmaz
D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum