An easily missed foreign body in the respiratory passages.
A case is described of a 22-year-old man who had inhaled a piece of shattered windscreen glass following a road traffic accident. The indications for bronchoscopy are discussed and the literature reviewed.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012137:Respiratory System