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Case of the Week 479 
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 47 year-old male with cough and hemoptysis
Coronal Reconstruction of CT Scan of Chest
- Sarcoid
- Lymphoma
- Broncholith
- Hamartoma
- Tracheomegaly
Additional Images - Axial CT scan of chest
Additional Images
Image from Retrograde Pyelogram
Answer:
3. Broncholith
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Broncholith
General Considerations
- Uncommon
- Calcification within a bronchus, most commonly from peribronchial nodes that calcify following inflammation
- If adjacent to a bronchus, calcified node may erode into the lumen forming a broncholith
- Usually associated with prior tuberculosis or histoplasmosis
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