Tuberculous lymphadenopathy masquerading as a bronchial foreign body.

Pediatr Emerg Care

Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Published: October 1997

A case of recent onset of wheezing with clinical and radiologic findings suggestive of foreign body aspiration is presented. Rigid bronchoscopy revealed an extraluminal compression of the airway. Histopathologic and microbiologic examination revealed tuberculous lymphadenopathy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006565-199710000-00007DOI Listing

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