Whistle lower-better late than never

16 years old boy with childhood history of chronic respiratory symptoms requiring several admissions presented with recent worsening of symptoms. Chest x-ray showed left lower lobe collapse and flexible bronchoscopy revealed stenosis of left main bronchus. Foreign body was seen beyond the stenosis,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Lung India 2016-05, Vol.33 (3), p.310-312
Hauptverfasser: Srinivasan, Arjun, Sivaramakrishnan, Mahadevan, Vallandramam, Pattabhi Raman, Yadav, Pavan
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Zusammenfassung:16 years old boy with childhood history of chronic respiratory symptoms requiring several admissions presented with recent worsening of symptoms. Chest x-ray showed left lower lobe collapse and flexible bronchoscopy revealed stenosis of left main bronchus. Foreign body was seen beyond the stenosis, which was removed after dilatation of narrowed bronchus under general anesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy. Patient′s father gave a history of aspiration of whistle 14 years ago, which had then been removed. Patient is now free of symptoms after removal of foreign body.
ISSN:0970-2113
0974-598X
DOI:10.4103/0970-2113.180876