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Lithoptysis

MedGen UID:: 1687598
•Concept ID:: C5139415
•: Sign or Symptom

HPO:	HP:0032543

Definition

Expectoration (coughing up) of a broncholith. Broncholithiasis is defined as the presence of calculi in the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare disease but can be characterized by clinical and radiological findings of a calcified lymph node eroding bronchial wall and opening into the bronchial lumen. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVLithoptysis

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of the respiratory system
  - Abnormal respiratory system physiology
    - Abnormal respiratory system morphology
      - Abnormal sputum
        Lithoptysis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Calcium stone lithoptysis in primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Kennedy MP, Noone PG, Carson J, Molina PL, Ghio A, Zariwala MA, Minnix SL, Knowles MR
Respir Med 2007 Jan;101(1):76-83. Epub 2006 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.04.007. PMID: 16757159

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of broncholithiasis.

Dixon GF, Donnerberg RL, Schonfeld SA, Whitcomb ME
Am Rev Respir Dis 1984 Jun;129(6):1028-30. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1984.129.6.1028. PMID: 6732045

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rigid bronchoscopy and surgical resection for broncholithiasis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.

Cerfolio RJ, Bryant AS, Maniscalco L
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008 Jul;136(1):186-90. Epub 2008 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.084. PMID: 18603074

Calcium stone lithoptysis in primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Kennedy MP, Noone PG, Carson J, Molina PL, Ghio A, Zariwala MA, Minnix SL, Knowles MR
Respir Med 2007 Jan;101(1):76-83. Epub 2006 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.04.007. PMID: 16757159

Bronchoesophageal fistula due to broncholithiasis: a case series.

Ford MA, Mueller PS, Morgenthaler TI
Respir Med 2005 Jul;99(7):830-5. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.12.004. PMID: 15893922

Broncholithiasis: a case report.

Craig K, Keeler T, Buckley P
J Emerg Med 2002 Nov;23(4):359-63. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(02)00568-1. PMID: 12480015

Broncholithiasis and lithoptysis associated with silicosis.

Antão VC, Pinheiro GA, Jansen JM
Eur Respir J 2002 Oct;20(4):1057-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.02.00162002. PMID: 12412703

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Diagnosis

A 56-Year-Old Man With Cough, Bloody Sputum, and Lithoptysis.

Han Y, Guan W, Zhao L, Liu M, Zhou G, Ren Y, Dai H
Chest 2023 Jun;163(6):e255-e258. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.025. PMID: 37295883

Thoracic complications from retained abdominal gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it always mandatory a thoracic approach?

Perrone G, Giuffrida M, Tarasconi A, Bonati E, Catena F
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2021 Jan;27(1):95-103. doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2020.07280. PMID: 33394462

A Young Woman With Cough and Lithoptysis.

de Lima A, Barry M, Majid A
JAMA 2018 May 22;319(20):2129-2130. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.5101. PMID: 29800155

Bronchoesophageal fistula due to broncholithiasis: a case series.

Ford MA, Mueller PS, Morgenthaler TI
Respir Med 2005 Jul;99(7):830-5. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.12.004. PMID: 15893922

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of broncholithiasis.

Dixon GF, Donnerberg RL, Schonfeld SA, Whitcomb ME
Am Rev Respir Dis 1984 Jun;129(6):1028-30. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1984.129.6.1028. PMID: 6732045

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Therapy

Thoracic complications from retained abdominal gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it always mandatory a thoracic approach?

Perrone G, Giuffrida M, Tarasconi A, Bonati E, Catena F
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2021 Jan;27(1):95-103. doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2020.07280. PMID: 33394462

Broncholithiasis: a case report.

Craig K, Keeler T, Buckley P
J Emerg Med 2002 Nov;23(4):359-63. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(02)00568-1. PMID: 12480015

Cholelithoptysis. A complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Downie GH, Robbins MK, Souza JJ, Paradowski LJ
Chest 1993 Feb;103(2):616-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.2.616. PMID: 8432165

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Prognosis

Rigid bronchoscopy and surgical resection for broncholithiasis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.

Cerfolio RJ, Bryant AS, Maniscalco L
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008 Jul;136(1):186-90. Epub 2008 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.084. PMID: 18603074

Broncholithiasis: a case report.

Craig K, Keeler T, Buckley P
J Emerg Med 2002 Nov;23(4):359-63. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(02)00568-1. PMID: 12480015

Broncholithiasis and lithoptysis associated with silicosis.

Antão VC, Pinheiro GA, Jansen JM
Eur Respir J 2002 Oct;20(4):1057-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.02.00162002. PMID: 12412703

Coughing up a stone. What to do about broncholithiasis.

Haines JD Jr
Postgrad Med 1988 Feb 15;83(3):83-4, 91. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1988.11700166. PMID: 3344260

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