A case report of a bronchial foreign body removal by direct laryngoscopy with fiber bronchoscope.
- Author:
Le SUN
;
Ning FANG
;
Yan ZHANG
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Bronchi;
pathology;
Bronchoscopes;
Bronchoscopy;
Child;
Female;
Foreign Bodies;
surgery;
Humans;
Laryngoscopy
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(23):2089-2090
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
An 11 year old girl presented with dyspnea and a rough cough, after having mistakenly swallowed a steel ball and unable to relieve the symptoms. Chest X-ray showed an image consistent with a 10 mm diameter circular object, embedded in the right mainstem bronchi near the fifth thoracic level and the medicastinal moving to the right. A clinical diagnosis based on these findings: foreign body of the right bronchial.
