title: Successful removal of a 12 year long intrabronchial fishbone through fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
abstract: We report a 54 year old male with an intrabronchial fishbone that had been impacted for 12 years and presented as recurrent pneumonia of the right lower lobe. The fishbone was successfully removed by fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suetsugu
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed