title: [Bilateral foreign bodies in the airway. Report of one case].
abstract: Inhaled foreign bodies can be a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate intervention. We report a 40-year-old man who came to the ER complaining of chest pain and cough. He had lost his dental prosthesis. Chest X-Rays showed two foreign bodies, one at the intermediate bronchus and the other at the left posterior basal segmental bronchus. By fibrobronchoscopy, porcelain fused to a metal dental crown of six teeth was extracted from the right side, and a cast of metal from the left side.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Imágenes, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Chile. claudiocort@gmail.com
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cortés A
authors.forename: Benjamín
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horwitz Z
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003829:Denture, Partial; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography