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Case of the Week 537


What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 43 year-old with foreign body in right main bronchus



Coronal Reformatted CT Scan of the Chest

  1. Broncholith
  2. Old TB
  3. Dermoid
  4. Carcinoid tumor
  5. Season's Greeting

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Answer:

 

5. Season's Greetings

 

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This is a retouched photograph of a coronal reformatted CT scan of the chest. There is no foreign body present.

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