Successful removal of a 12 year long intrabronchial fishbone through fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
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.
Tong
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Department of Respiratory Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Kang
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Sakakibara
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Suetsugu
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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