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- Bronchiectasis
- non-invasive ventilation
- sarcoidosis
- lung cancer
- respiratory infection
- tuberculosis
- COPD mechanisms
- asthma
- asthma mechanisms
- COPD exacerbations
- cough/mechanisms/pharmacology
- COPD epidemiology
- COPD pathology
- COPD pharmacology
- emphysema
- health economist
- bronchoscopy
- rare lung diseases
We present an unusual type of broncholithiasis complicated with cystic bronchiectasis. Chest CT scans showed cystic bronchiectasis with fluid collection in the right lower lobe and calcification was also detected in the right lower bronchus (figure 1A,B). Bronchoscopy showed a ‘coral’ broncholith arising from the right lower bronchus (figure 2A,B).
Broncholithiasis is commonly caused by erosion and extrusion of a calcified adjacent lymph node into the bronchial lumen, a finding usually associated with tuberculosis or histoplasmosis.1 In the present case, cystic bronchiectasis might be associated with broncholith formation.
Learning points
This case is the first report of the ‘coral’ broncholith.
Cystic bronchiectasis might be associated with the broncholith formation.
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