[An asylum seeker with an abnormal chest X-ray]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2016:160:A9987.
[Article in Dutch]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchi / abnormalities
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Netherlands
  • Pregnancy
  • Refugees
  • Syria / ethnology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • X-Rays