Case Report
Year: 2018 | Month: November | Volume: 5 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 119-121
Neglected Foreign Body Bronchus: A Case Report
Usha Sehrawat1, Aman2, Pawan Kumar Gahlawat3, Chandni Sharma4, Ashiya Goel5
1,2,4,5Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
3Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
Corresponding Author: Usha Sehrawat
ABSTRACT
Foreign body aspiration is a life threatening and one of the most common causes of mortality in infants. Complications associated with trachea-bronchial foreign bodies depend on the nature, size, shape and duration of impaction of the foreign body. A long standing foreign body elicits inflammation around it leading to oedema and formation of granulation tissue in the surrounding mucosa making the foreign body removal difficult. Rigid bronchoscopy is the intervention of choice in trachea-bronchial foreign bodies. In this case report, a case of long standing trachea-bronchial foreign body was referred to our institute which was missed by the paediatrician. Diagnostic bronchoscopy was done to rule out the cause of chronic cough and fever. Vegetative foreign body was identified and retrieved successfully without any post op complication. In conclusion, delay in the diagnosis of foreign body bronchus increases morbidity and mortality.
Key words: tracheobronchial foreign body, rigid bronchoscopy, vegetative foreign body.
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