Bilateral foreign bodies in the airway. Report of one case

Inhaled foreign bodies can be a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate intervention. We report a 40-year-old man who came to the ER complaining of chest pain and cough. He had lost his dental prosthesis. Chest X-Rays showed two foreign bodies, one at the intermediate bronchus and the othe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista medíca de Chile 2010-04, Vol.138 (4), p.470-472
Hauptverfasser: Cortés A, Claudio, Horwitz Z, Benjamín, Díaz, Juan Carlos
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Zusammenfassung:Inhaled foreign bodies can be a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate intervention. We report a 40-year-old man who came to the ER complaining of chest pain and cough. He had lost his dental prosthesis. Chest X-Rays showed two foreign bodies, one at the intermediate bronchus and the other at the left posterior basal segmental bronchus. By fibrobronchoscopy, porcelain fused to a metal dental crown of six teeth was extracted from the right side, and a cast of metal from the left side.
ISSN:0034-9887