[An asylum seeker with an abnormal chest X-ray].
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Syria was screened for tuberculosis upon arrival in the Netherlands. The chest X-ray showed a smooth sharply demarcated mass in her left upper lobe. A low-dose CT showed that the mass was lobulated and surrounded by a hyperlucent pulmonary segment. To protect the foetus from further exposure to radiation, an MRI was performed, which confirmed bronchial atresia with a mucocele of the distal bronchus.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen.
Onno W
OW
Akkerman
Mieneke
M
Rook
Tjip S
TS
van der Werf
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011247:Pregnancy; D012036:Refugees; D013593:Syria / Q000208:ethnology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014965:X-Rays