A clinical case of bronchoscopic detection and removal of a foreign body from the upper lobar bronchus on the right mimicking lung cancer

Autor: L. V. Telegina, S. S. Pirogov, T. I.-A. Tazabaev, V. E. Khoronenko, A. S. Vodoleev, E. S. Karpova
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Tuberkulez i Bolezni Lëgkih, Vol 98, Iss 8, Pp 58-62 (2020)
ISSN: 2542-1506
2075-1230
Popis: Foreign bodies in the respiratory tract are rare in adults. Clinical manifestations include hemoptysis among other signs which requires the examination to detect tuberculosis and lung cancer. The article describes a clinical case that demonstrates the possibilities of endoscopic diagnostics and treatment in the patient with an X-ray negative foreign body (a cigarette filter) that has been in the lumen of the upper lobar bronchus of the right lung for a long time which caused inflammation in the blocked lobe and mimicking endoscopically central lung cancer.
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