Bilateral airway foreign body aspiration as a cause of recurrent pneumonia

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) into the lower airway requires a high index of suspicion. Identification of the problem can be difficult as it has a broad range of clinical presentation and often mimics other medical conditions. A delay in diagnosis and management can result in serious complications....

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Published inBMJ Case Reports Vol. 2010
Main Authors Rehman, Sameer Ur, Sharif, Nadia, Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2010
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Summary:Foreign body aspiration (FBA) into the lower airway requires a high index of suspicion. Identification of the problem can be difficult as it has a broad range of clinical presentation and often mimics other medical conditions. A delay in diagnosis and management can result in serious complications. The authors report the case of a middle aged man with bilateral airway FBA who had a history of six hospitalisations over the previous 10 years with recurrent pneumonias.
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DOI:10.1136/bcr.05.2010.3002