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Figure 1. A 67-year-old man, adequately treated for tuberculosis 15 years previously, had a three-week history of hemoptysis that was not accompanied by fever, chills, malaise, night sweats, weight loss, or other systemic symptoms. He also had no chest pain, sputum production, or other pulmonary symptoms. He was not immunosuppressed. Linear tomography of the chest (Panel A) showed a cavity in the left upper lobe containing a round mass (large arrow) that was separated from the cavity wall by an air space (small arrow). Bronchoscopy performed preoperatively revealed no endobronchial lesion or tumor. Lobectomy was carried out for severe . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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