Middle lobe syndrome

Abstract

Broncholithiasis is uncommon and usually a late complication of tuberculosis in France. The most common cause of broncholithiasis is erosion by and extrusion of a calcified lymph node into a bronchial lumen. Clinical symptoms are not specific and diagnosis may be an endoscopic or a radiologic surprise. We report a case of broncholithiasis in a patient with chronic cough. Fibroscopy established the diagnosis by showing the broncholith. © Masson, Paris, 2005.