Effect of surgery on delayed inhaled foreign body: a case report

Chin Med J (Engl). 2011 Apr;124(8):1264-6.

Abstract

The occurrence of foreign body is uncommon in youths and adults. We report here a case of 16-year-old boy who inhaled a foreign body which was overlooked for 6 months. The patient suffered productive cough and received antibiotic treatment for 10 days. But the symptoms did not improve. Chest radiography and CT scan revealed a 1-cm-long needle-like foreign object in the right inferior lobar bronchus. Wedge resection of lung was finally performed because of severe hemorrhage caused by prior bronchoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung / surgery
  • Male
  • Radiography