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Kento Suzuki1, Yuichiro Machida, Yuuya Tomioka
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
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A 42-year-old woman presented with bloody sputum. Her chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 21 mm nodular shadow with 5 mm of calcification in the right S8 area. She was referred to our department for further examination and treatment, and underwent thoracoscopic partial resection of the right lower lobe. Pathological examination identified a 5 mm stone surrounded by lymphoid follicle formation and plasma cell infiltration. The diagnosis was broncholithiasis associated with an Aspergillus infection. Broncholithiasis is a relatively rare disease, and a review of the literature is provided.
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