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Hossam Al-Tatari, MD; Nahed Abdel-Haq, MD; Basim Asmar, MD; Michael Haupert, DO; Raja Rabah, MD
Author Affiliations: Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Drs Al-Tatari, Abdel-Haq, and Asmar) and Pediatric ENT (Dr Haupert) and Department of Pathology (Dr Rabah), Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1297.

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A 16-year-old, previously healthy Hispanic American female complained of coughing up small, round "brainlike" structures for the last 6 weeks. The cough was always preceded by a foreign body sensation or "something stuck" in the throat. The episodes occurred 3 to 4 times a week and were often associated with choking. Examination of the oral cavity revealed slightly enlarged tonsils without exudates. The rest of the examination results were normal. During her first visit to our clinic, she handed over 2 small, lobulated masses of white-gray material, which she had expectorated during the last few days (Figure 1). The material was sent for histopathologic examination (Figure 2).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Two masses that the patient expectorated. Both consisted of lobulated, soft, white-gray material that measured 10 mm x 12 mm and 5 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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