Polished off: an inhaled dental brush.
Foreign body inhalation is probably the most frequent presentation requiring urgent bronchoscopy. The objects most commonly aspirated by adults are small bones, pieces of dentures, peanuts and metal tacks. We report an unusual case in which the object inhaled was a dental polishing tip.
D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis / Q000295:instrumentation; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male