Presentation of CaseA 64-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of increasing bouts of hemoptysis, a bronchoesophageal fistula, and broncholithiasis.There was a long history of chronic pulmonary disease characterized by a cough, exertional dyspnea, and hemoptysis of 20 years' duration. The disease was believed to be related to the patient's having worked for 25 years in mines, with exposure to feldspar and mica, and to his having smoked 1 1/2 to 2 packs of cigarettes daily for many years. One year before entry his cough worsened, and the hemoptysis became more frequent. Six weeks before entry, after . . .
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