Accidental ingestion of a tracheal stent.
A 53-year-old man with tracheobronchomalacia had two stents placed in his airways to maintain patency. He ingested one of the tracheal stents that was inadvertently dislodged during a brief coughing episode. The swallowed stent was recovered without complications.
Mattison
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29412, USA.
Frye
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MD
Collop
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D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D003106:Colon; D003371:Cough; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012828:Silicones; D015607:Stents; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000628:therapy
D012828:Silicones