Flexible Bronchoscopic Removal of a Distal Bronchial Foreign Body with Cinefluoroscopic Guidance

• Published in: Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology Vol. 113; no. 11; pp. 863 - 865
• Main Authors: Hockstein, Neil G., Jacobs, Ian N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2004; Annals Publishing Compagny; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchi; Bronchoscopy; Female; Fluoroscopy; Foreign Bodies - surgery; Humans; Medical sciences; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; fluoroscopy; foreign body; bronchoscopy; Guidance; Flexible; Respiratory disease; Distal; Bronchial foreign body; Bronchus disease; ENT; Ablation

A 15-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with cough and bloody sputum. A chest radiograph demonstrated a radiopaque foreign body (a tongue stud) in the right lower lobe. Rigid and flexible bronchoscopy failed to localize the foreign body. Under fluoroscopic guidance, the foreign body...