Thorax 2000;55:1068-1069
( December )
Case reports
Primary pulmonary botryomycosis: a late complication of foreign
body aspiration
J M Tuggey, H S R Hosker, P DaCosta
Department of
Respiratory Medicine, Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, West
Yorkshire BD20 6TD, UK
Correspondence to: Dr H S R Hosker, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Airedale General
Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 6TD,
UK
Received 6 September
1999; Returned to authors 5 October 1999; Revised version received 3 December 1999;
Accepted for publication 21 December 1999
Primary pulmonary botryomycosis is a rare cause of haemoptysis
and can enter the differential diagnosis of a mass on the plain chest
radiograph. The case history is presented of a 63 year old man with
botryomycosis which was initially thought to be a bronchial carcinoma.
When the diagnosis was made several years later it was found to be
secondary to persisting vegetable material in the bronchial tree
following previous aspiration.
Keywords:
botryomycosis;
foreign body
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