[Endoscopic extraction of a foreign body from the distal bronchus in the middle lobe, inaccessible by usual techniques, in a 3-year old child].
The authors report on the extraction of a piece of peanut impacted into the antero-internal bronchus of the right middle lobe, inaccesible to rigid bronchoscopy. After 4 months, this foreign body was visualised by flexible endoscope and removed by this technique under general anesthesia. We initially used a brush to pull the foreign body out of the distal bronchus and then used a biopsy forceps to remove it. Three months later, the chest-X-ray is normal and the child is asymptomatic.
Rayet
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Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Nord, CHRU St-Etienne, St-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
Navez
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Freycon
M T
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Prades
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D010367:Arachis; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
Extraction par voie endoscopique d'un corps étranger distal du lobe moyen inaccessible par les techniques habituelles chez une enfant de 3 ans.