title: A 35-year old woman with productive cough and breathlessness.
abstract: A 35-year-old lady was seen in the outpatient clinic owing to fever, cough with mucopurulent expectoration, and breathlessness for the duration of 1 month. She had history of similar episodes treated with antibiotics four times during last 2 years. There was no history of recurrent sinusitis, diarrhea, and skin or soft tissue infection. She had no history of diabetes mellitus or steroid intake. She denied any history of facial trauma or dental infection in the past. There was no history of tuberculosis in her or in the family. Radiograph and CT scan of the chest revealed right upper lobe consolidation. Flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy revealed multiple nodules at opening of right upper lobe bronchus. This clinicopathological conference describes the details of differential diagnoses, difficulties in achieving the final diagnosis and management of such patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Umasankar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kalai
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hadda
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Karan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sudheer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arava
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Firdaus
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Neetu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anant
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohan
keywords: Clinicopathological conference; endobronchial nodules; recurrent pneumonia