Open AccessSpontaneous expulsion of an interesting long standing metallic foreign body (iron nail) from left main bronchus
Author(s) -
Sanjay Gupta,
R. K. Mundra,
Amit Goyal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02974361
Subject(s) - foreign body , left main bronchus , medicine , bronchus , nail (fastener) , head and neck surgery , otorhinolaryngology , surgery , foreign bodies , foreign body removal , bronchoscopy , lung , respiratory disease , materials science , metallurgy
Worldwide experiences of spontaneous expulsion of foreign body bronchus ranges between 2-4%. We are reporting here an unusual and interesting case of a long standing irregular metallic large foreign body in left main bronchus, which was lying there for more than one month duration and suddenly while preparing the patient for endoscopic removal, it was expelled out spontaneously. These types of incidences make us wiser to keep the rare and remote possibility in mind, especially when there is a remote but dangerous possibility of subglottic lodgement of foreign body with spontaneous expulsion.