Open AccessThe tracheobronchial foreign body in welder without the history of allotriophagy and foreign body aspiration
Author(s) -
Sun YiLan,
Bao Zhang,
Wang XueFen,
Wang LiHong,
Zhou JianYing
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the clinical respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.789
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1752-699X
pISSN - 1752-6981
DOI - 10.1111/crj.12265
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , foreign body aspiration , siderosis , foreign bodies , bronchus , radiology , bronchiectasis , computed tomography , lung , surgery , respiratory disease , pathology
The typical chest computed tomography ( CT ) finding of the arc welders is ill‐defined micronodules diffusely distributed in the lung. We report a rare case of tracheobronchial foreign body in welder without the history of allotriophagy and foreign body aspiration. We used the CT and mineralogical analysis in diagnosis and the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in therapy. The CT showed bronchiectasis with pulmonary infiltration of the right lower lobe and high‐density shadow in the basal bronchus of the right lower lobe. The foreign bodies were removed by a fibreoptic bronchoscope. Semiquantitative chemical analyses showed that the constituent of foreign body was similar to the dregs which were collected in the same garage. This is an unusual case of the welding‐related respiratory diseases, which is different from Welder's siderosis and broncholith.