Gossypiboma in a man with persistent cough
- 1Department of Surgery, Meander Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands
- 2Department of Pulmonology, Meander Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands
- Correspondence to:
Dr G H A Staaks
Meander Medisch Centrum, Department of Pulmonology, P O Box 1502, 3800 BM Amersfoort, The Netherlands; g.staaksmeandermc.nl
A 68 year old man was referred with a persistent productive cough but no haemoptysis. He did not complain of weight loss or fever and denied tobacco use or recent travel. An open lung biopsy had been performed at another hospital 8 years previously to confirm the diagnosis of tuberculosis; treatment was started but cultures …
