title: Rare Cause of Recurrent Pneumonia in the Left Lower Lobe.
abstract: A 52-year-old male patient was hospitalized in our department with the diagnosis of recurrent pneumonia in the left lower lobe. The patient reported possible aspiration of plastic material about 10 years ago, although repeated bronchoscopies in an external hospital had not revealed any foreign body. A multiply folded 8-cm filing strip for a ring folder was detected and successfully removed together with granulation tissue by means of rigid bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcher
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Stefan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Watzka
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Hartmann Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: michael.rolf.mueller@wienkav.at.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence