Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume 160, Issue 32, 2016

An asylum seeker with an abnormal chest X-ray [Een asielzoekster met een afwijkende thoraxfoto] (Article)

Akkerman O.W.* , Rook M. , Van Der Werf T.S.
  • a Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Afd. Longziekten en Tuberculose, Tuberculoseafdeling Beatrixoord, Netherlands
  • b Afd. Radiologie, Netherlands
  • c Tuberculose-consulent KNCV, Netherlands

Abstract

A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Syria was screened for tuberculosis upon arrival in the Netherlands. The chest X-ray showed a smooth sharply demarcated mass in her left upper lobe. A low-dose CT showed that the mass was lobulated and surrounded by a hyperlucent pulmonary segment. To protect the foetus from further exposure to radiation, an MRI was performed, which confirmed bronchial atresia with a mucocele of the distal bronchus.

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Index Keywords

Netherlands refugee Syrian Arab Republic human Refugees atresia Abnormalities Bronchi ethnology asylum seeker Humans Tuberculosis, Pulmonary case report female nuclear magnetic resonance imaging pregnancy Article adult Syria thorax radiography computer assisted tomography X ray X-Rays bronchial atresia mucocele Bronchus bronchus disease

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ISSN: 00282162
Original Language: Dutch