CHRONIC BRONCHIAL FOREIGN-BODY MIMICKING PERIPHERAL LUNG-TUMOR

We describe a case with chronic bronchial foreign body presenting with recurrent hemoptysis mimicking a peripheral lung tumor, and the outco me of surgical resection, A 61-year-old female with recurrent hemoptys is had a peripheral nodule in the right lower lobe. A right bronchial arteriogram showed dilatation and hypervascularity in the nodule, Surg ical removal of the nodule contained a small branch of a white cedar, Chronic bronchial foreign body, while rare in adults, should be consid ered in the differential diagnosis of peripheral lung tumors associate d with recurrent hemoptysis.