title: Hollow bone in the bronchus or the danger of chicken soup.
abstract: A 6-month-old infant arrived at the emergency room with severe respiratory distress after being spoon-fed chicken soup. Air entry was normal, chest X-rays were normal, and bronchoscopy revealed a hollow chicken bone lining the whole left main bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avital
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godfrey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D001980:Bronchi; D002645:Chickens; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology