Broncholithiasis : A Report of Two Cases Yamaguchi, Yuka; Akiba, Yuji; Ishida, Sakae ...
The Journal of the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy,
1989/02/20, Letnik:
11, Številka:
1
Journal Article
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We experienced two cases of broncholithiases. Case 1 was a 58-year-old male presenting with bloody sputum. His chest roentgenogram showed an infiltrative shadow in the right lower lung field and ...bilateral hilar calcifications. Right middle lobectomy was perfomed. Histological examination showed a broncholith in the right B^5a, destroyed bronchial wall and dilated distal bronchi. Case 2 was a 54-year-old female presenting with hemoptysis. Her chest roentgenogram showed atelectasis of the right middle lobe and bilateral hilar calcifications. Bronchoscopy revealed a broncholith at the orifice of the right middle lobe bronchus. The broncholith was expectorated with a cough. It was suggested that the broncholiths were derived from calcified lymph nodes in these two cases. Analysis of broncholiths showed that both had a similar component, which is significantly different from other reports.