Open AccessA child with a foreign body in bronchus misdiagnosed as asthma
Author(s) -
Chaudhary Nagendra,
Shrestha Sandeep,
Kurmi Om P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3153
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , bronchus , foreign body aspiration , foreign body ingestion , asthma , right main bronchus , left main bronchus , bronchoscopy , differential diagnosis , rigid bronchoscopy , ingestion , surgery , foreign bodies , pediatrics , general surgery , respiratory disease , lung , pathology
Foreign body ingestion should be considered as an important differential in a child with difficult asthma. We report an 11‐year‐old male child with foreign body aspiration who initially was diagnosed and treated as difficult asthma. Later on, he was diagnosed to have a foreign body in the right bronchus, which was successfully removed by flexible bronchoscopy.