Open AccessBroncholithiasis
Author(s) -
Muhammad Faheem Anwer,
Sindhaghatta Venkatram
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31821810ea
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , atelectasis , lumen (anatomy) , radiology , pathology , surgery , lung
Broncholithiasis is a rare condition defined as the presence of a calcified fragment of tissue within the lumen of a tracheobronchial tree. We present a case of broncholithiasis in an asymptomatic patient with chronic lingular atelectasis.