[A migrating ear of barley: a curious story of an intrabronchial foreign body].
A case of migrating inhaled ear of barley in a 2 1/2 year old boy is reported with: 1) mild initial symptoms at the time of inhalation followed by a symptomless interval of 8 days; 2) at day 9 fever and dyspnea, right paracardiac infiltrate with pleural reaction on X-rays, normal bronchoscopy; 3) at day 11 extensive right pneumothorax; 4) at day 20, right axillary inflammatory lesion; 5) at day 28 expulsion of an ear of barley from this lesion, followed by complete recovery.
Paillard
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Service de Pédiatrie, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
Cochat
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David
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D001365:Axilla; D001980:Bronchi; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D001467:Hordeum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
L'épi d'orge migrateur: une curieuse histoire de corps étranger intrabronchique.