Foreign body aspiration. An atypical clinical case.
The case of a 3-year-old female with an atypical presentation of foreign body aspiration is described. Resistance to the therapy, mild radiological signs and a high index of suspicion of the clinician could lead to the right diagnosis.
Pisanti
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AO Santobono, Pausilipon, Naples.
Di Martino
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L
Vitiello
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R
Pisanti
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C
Natale
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D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic