Effect of surgery on delayed inhaled foreign body: a case report.
- Author:
Lei XUE
1
;
Tie-wen PAN
;
Xue-wei ZHAO
;
Bin WU
;
Zhi-fei XU
;
Lei ZHONG
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Bronchoscopy;
Foreign Bodies;
diagnostic imaging;
surgery;
Humans;
Lung;
diagnostic imaging;
surgery;
Male;
Radiography
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2011;124(8):1264-1266
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The occurrence of foreign body is uncommon in youths and adults. We report here a case of 16-year-old boy who inhaled a foreign body which was overlooked for 6 months. The patient suffered productive cough and received antibiotic treatment for 10 days. But the symptoms did not improve. Chest radiography and CT scan revealed a 1-cm-long needle-like foreign object in the right inferior lobar bronchus. Wedge resection of lung was finally performed because of severe hemorrhage caused by prior bronchoscopy.
