title: Foreign body aspiration in a boy with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
abstract: A five-year-old boy presented with progressive weight gain with effort intolerance and nocturnal symptoms suggesting obstructive sleep apnoea. A clinical diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome was made. As the initial radiography and computed tomography suggested a foreign body, bronchoscopy was done under general anaesthesia and impacted peanuts were removed from the left main bronchus. His symptoms resolved instantly and the patient was asymptomatic at six months follow-up. This report highlights the need to consider foreign body aspiration as a cause for dyspnoea in children with Prader-Willi Syndrome. The report also focuses on the need to adopt strategies that prevent foreign body aspiration and choking in patients with Prader- Willi Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001995:Bronchography; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008297:Male; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology