Migrating foreign body in an adult bronchus: An aspirated denture
10.17245/jdapm.2018.18.4.267
- Author:
Binita PANIGRAHI
1
;
Nishant SAHAY
;
Devi P SAMADDAR
;
Abhishek CHATTERJEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, India.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Airway management;
Bronchoscopy;
Dentures
- MeSH:
Adult;
Airway Management;
Aspirations (Psychology);
Bronchi;
Bronchoscopy;
Cough;
Dentures;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Male;
Radiography;
Trees
- From:Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2018;18(4):267-270
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
As a safety measure, dentures are routinely removed before surgery. Aspiration of a denture could be catastrophic, with medicolegal implications. Foreign body aspiration is uncommon in adults; however, aspirations may remain asymptomatic and undiagnosed for long periods of time. We report an adult male who presented with a cough for more than 6 months. On radiography, a foreign body was found migrating within the tracheobronchial tree from one mainstem bronchus to the other, at different time points. The foreign body was later found to be a portion of his denture. The aspiration may have occurred at the time of a surgical procedure.
