Broncholithiasis

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 Clinical-manifestations 4 Diagnostic-procedures 5 Radiology 6 More General Terms 7 Additional Terms 8 References

Introduction

• Perforation of a calcified lymph node or calcified granuloma from the hilar region into the lumen of the bronchial tree.

Etiology

• tuberculosis
• mycosis

• aspergillosis
• blastomycosis
• coccidioidomycosis
• histoplasmosis

Clinical-manifestations

• sudden cough
• hemoptysis

• may be copious
• may contain fragments of CaCO3 or Ca3(PO4)2 ( lithoptysis)

• coarse rhonchi
• wheezing
• fever
• retinal hemorrhages

Diagnostic-procedures

• Bronchoscopy:
• may reveal broncholith
• may localize site of perforation

Radiology

• calcified fragment in distal bronchus
• calcification of hilar or peritracheal lymph nodes

More General Terms

• lung disease

Additional Terms

• aspergillosis
• Blastomycosis
• coccidioidomycosis
• hemoptysis
• histoplasmosis
• lithoptysis
• rhonchi

References

1. DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition, RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 870
2. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 719, 748

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