A PERSISTENT UNILATERAL LUNG INFILTRATE

We describe the case of an intrabronchial aspirated foreign body that caused a persistent right lower lobe infiltrate. A first fibreoptic br onchoscopy demonstrated a mass with tumour-like appearance in the righ t bronchus intermedias, but the bronchial biopsies and the cytological smears of the bronchial aspirate failed to reveal any malignancy. Dur ing a control fibreoptic, bronchoscopy, we found a chicken bone in thi s friable granulation tissue. It was subsequently removed with a flexi ble bronchofibrescope and a four-pronged forceps under topical anaesth esia.