Report on a child with stricture following foreign body of long duration in the bronchus. Discussion on the management of bronchial foreign bodies.
A case report and the management of a 10-year-old girl who had inhaled a foreign body into the right intermediate bronchus at some unknown (but certainly not recent) time previously is given. A stricture at the site of the impaction of the foreign body was found. The excision of the stricture and repair of the bronchus with pericardium is described together with a 3-year follow-up report. The diagnosis and immediate management of foreign bodies in the bronchus are discussed and the importance of differentiating organic and non-organic foreign bodies is stressed. The management of bronchial strictures is discussed as is the result obtained in the above reported case.
D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors