Successful removal of a 12 year long intrabronchial fishbone through fibreoptic bronchoscopy

Respirology. 1997 Dec;2(4):291-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1997.tb00091.x.

Abstract

We report a 54 year old male with an intrabronchial fishbone that had been impacted for 12 years and presented as recurrent pneumonia of the right lower lobe. The fishbone was successfully removed by fibreoptic bronchoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi / surgery*
  • Bronchoscopy / methods*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Endoscopes
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / etiology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed