Open AccessWhistle lower-better late than never
Author(s) -
Arjun Srinivasan,
Mahadevan Sivaramakrishnan,
Pattabhi Raman Vallandramam,
Pavan Yadav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.180876
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , foreign body , foreign body aspiration , left main bronchus , stenosis , right main bronchus , bronchus , flexible bronchoscopy , surgery , rigid bronchoscopy , radiology , respiratory disease , lung
16 years old boy with childhood history of chronic respiratory symptoms requiring several admissions presented with recent worsening of symptoms. Chest x-ray showed left lower lobe collapse and flexible bronchoscopy revealed stenosis of left main bronchus. Foreign body was seen beyond the stenosis, which was removed after dilatation of narrowed bronchus under general anesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy. Patient's father gave a history of aspiration of whistle 14 years ago, which had then been removed. Patient is now free of symptoms after removal of foreign body.