Open AccessNot the typical winter cough
Author(s) -
Parra Sánchez,
Govind Chetty,
Pradip Sarkar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0970
Subject(s) - medicine , right main bronchus , foreign body , bronchoscopy , rigid bronchoscopy , foreign bodies , left main bronchus , bronchus , flexible bronchoscopy , foreign body aspiration , productive cough , surgery , general surgery , respiratory disease , lung
We report on a young adult with a foreign body lodged in the right main bronchus for at least 5 days, with no alleged recollection of aspiration despite the size and shape of the object, which was removed successfully by rigid bronchoscopy.