Inadvertent removal of foreign body via a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in a 4-year-old boy.
We report the case of a 4-year-old child with an atypical presentation of an aspirated unwitnessed foreign body in the airway. During an attempt to obtain a biopsy of what appeared to be a mucosal growth, the foreign body was removed. This may be the first report of foreign body removal in a child this young, using a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope.
Department of Pulmonology and Pediatrics, EHS Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.
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D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male