Successful Removal of a Foreign Body Located in the Peripheral Airway Using Flexible Bronchoscopy with Virtual Bronchoscopy Navigation

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 63; no. 10; pp. 1439 - 1442
• Main Authors: Hikiishi, Atsuhito, Nakai, Toshiyuki, Matsui, Erika, Yamane, Kenshi, Sato, Kanako, Watanabe, Tetsuya, Asai, Kazuhisa, Eguchi, Yosuke, Kawaguchi, Tomoya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.05.2024; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Bronchoscopy; Bronchoscopy - methods; Case Report; Chest; Computed tomography; flexible bronchoscopy; Foreign bodies; Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging; Foreign Bodies - surgery; foreign body; Humans; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lung - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; peripheral airway; Radiography; Respiratory tract; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; virtual bronchoscopy navigation; flexible bronchoscopy; virtual bronchoscopy navigation; peripheral airway; foreign body
• ISSN: 0918-2918; 1349-7235; 1349-7235
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2072-23

A case in which a foreign body located in the peripheral airway of the lung was removed by flexible bronchoscopy using a virtual bronchoscopy navigation (VBN) system has been reported. The patient was a 60-year-old man. Chest radiography revealed an incidental foreign body in the left lower lung. Chest computed tomography with 1.0-mm slices was used to create a VBN system and confirm the foreign body in left B9biiαy, which was removed by flexible bronchoscopy. Thus, peripheral foreign bodies can be safely removed using flexible bronchoscopy by creating a VBN system in advance.