[Middle lobe syndrome].

Broncholithiasis is uncommon and usually a late complication of tuberculosis in France. The most common cause of broncholithiasis is erosion by and extrusion of a calcified lymph node into a bronchial lumen. Clinical symptoms are not specific and diagnosis may be an endoscopic or a radiologic surprise. We report a case of broncholithiasis in a patient with chronic cough. Fibroscopy established the diagnosis by showing the broncholith.

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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
France

Keywords

Airway Obstruction, Male, Bronchoscopy, Humans, Radiography, Thoracic, Aged, Middle Lobe Syndrome

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