Abstract
Intra-thoracic textiloma is an exceptional complication leading to misdiagnosis. It could present as hemoptysis, pulmonary abscess, pseudotumor or chronic cough. We report a rare case of a superinfected intra-bronchial textiloma, revealed by flexible bronchoscopy. A 21-year-old patient, operated for esophageal atresia at the age of 10 days, who had a right bilobectomy for bronchial dilatation at the age of 9 years, and who presented several episodes of bronchial superinfections over the 12 past years. In the light of this observation, we show that flexible bronchoscopy should be part of the systematic work-up to be considered in front of dragging abscessed pneumopathies.
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