Normal radiographic findings after foreign body aspiration. When the history counts.
Foreign body aspiration in children is frequently associated with unilateral emphysema or atelectasis on chest x-ray. Two cases are reported of tracheal or bilateral foreign bodies in which the original chest x-rays were read as normal, but the history was suggestive of the foreign body aspiration. Early bronchoscopy can prevent the long-term morbidity that results from unrecognized tracheobronchial foreign bodies.
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014132:Trachea