Aspiration of a Row of Artificial Dentures in an Adult: A Case Report

Clinical findings of foreign body aspiration, generally, are subtle. Scrutinous clinical suspicion is always recommended. Here, we present a rare case of an adult male, who under the influence of alcohol had aspirated a row of his artificial denture without his conscience of where his denture got mi...

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Veröffentlicht in:JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022-04, Vol.60 (248), p.410-412
Hauptverfasser: Dulal, Malati, Tripathi, Prashant, Shrestha, Amit, Acharya, Kunjan, Niroula, Sailesh
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Clinical findings of foreign body aspiration, generally, are subtle. Scrutinous clinical suspicion is always recommended. Here, we present a rare case of an adult male, who under the influence of alcohol had aspirated a row of his artificial denture without his conscience of where his denture got missing and presented to our outpatient department with non-specific symptoms. With clinical examination and advanced diagnostics, he was successfully managed with rigid bronchoscopy. With the advancement in diagnostic techniques and our widened knowledge of the condition, utmost early detection has been possible and our case report reinforces the need for a low threshold for foreign body aspiration suspicion, especially in adults with dentures, and the use of rigid bronchoscopy as a plausible tool for the prompt management of the aspiration. bronchoscopy; case reports; dentures; foreign bodies.
ISSN:0028-2715
1815-672X
DOI:10.31729/jnma.7314