Open AccessOverlooked Foreign Body
Author(s) -
Raman Wadhera,
S. P. Gulati,
Rajesh Gupta,
Vijay K. Kalra,
Anju Ghai,
Ajay Garg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e318191f021
Subject(s) - medicine , wheeze , foreign body , bronchus , chronic cough , right main bronchus , foreign bodies , foreign body aspiration , left main bronchus , bronchoscopy , computed tomography , productive cough , flexible bronchoscopy , dry cough , radiography , surgery , radiology , asthma , respiratory disease , lung
A long-standing undiagnosed foreign body bronchus in an adult is very rare. We report a rare case of an overlooked foreign body in the bronchus. A 38-year-old man presented with the complaints of chronic cough with expectoration and wheezing for the last 18 years. Computed tomography of the chest detected a foreign body in the right lower lobar bronchus. Detailed history revealed that the patient had aspirated a whistle 18 years earlier that was overlooked by the treating clinicians. It remained undiagnosed in chest radiographs. It was extracted using a rigid bronchoscope. We emphasize the need to remain vigilant for endobronchial foreign bodies in patients with persistent cough and wheeze.