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. 2000 Dec;55(12):1068–1069. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1068

Primary pulmonary botryomycosis: a late complication of foreign body aspiration

J Tuggey 1, H Hosker 1, P DaCosta 1
PMCID: PMC1745658  PMID: 11083895

Abstract

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.



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