[Bilateral foreign bodies in the airway. Report of one case].
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.
Cortés A
Claudio
C
Departamento de Imágenes, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Chile. claudiocort@gmail.com
Horwitz Z
Benjamín
B
Díaz
Juan Carlos
JC
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