A Case of Broncholithiasis |
Hong Gab Bae, MD1, Woong Ryeol Lee, MD1, Sang Heun Lee, MD1, Tae Hwan Cho, MD1, Chang Sup Seong, MD1, and Tae Hoon Jung, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Korea |
기관지 결석증 치험 1예 |
배홍갑1 · 이웅렬1 · 이상흔1 · 조태환1 · 성창섭1 · 정태훈2 |
경북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;내과학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
By technological improvement of bronchoscopy, radiology and biochemical analysis, the broncholithiasis can be easily diagnosed. But because of its low incidence, it has been frequently overlooked in the differential diagnosis of bronchial obstruction, thereby losing the opportunity of early detection and causing complications which are mandatory to surgical intervention. Authors had a case of broncholithiasis which was diagnosed by radiological study of chest and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The bronchial stone was removed under rigid bronchoscopy.
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