Abstrakt

We present a case of a young man with hemoptysis who consumed tetrahydrocannabinol on a daily basis. Bronchoscopic examination revealed findings of a tracheobronchitis with demonstrable foreign material throughout the bronchial system. In the bronchoalveolar lavage fatty and fibrous material could be detected microscopically. Since we have no evidence of aspiration, we interpreted the findings in connection with cannabis consumption. Our diagnosis is supported by a study of the Inselspital Bern. The Bernese scientists detected cannabis fibers in lung tissue of young people with cannabis use and pneumothorax.

Autoreninformation

Autoren

• C. Röder¹*
• C. Schirpke¹
• M. Hennigs¹
• L. Hundack¹
• M. Schultz²
• H.J. Achenbach¹

Abteilungen

• ¹ Lungenklinik Lostau,
• ² Institut für Pathologie Stendal

Adresse

Dr. med. Carmen Röder
Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I
Bereich Pneumologie
Universitätsklinikum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Ernst-Grube-Straße 40
D–06120 Halle (Saale)
Email: [email protected]

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