title: Spontaneous expectoration of bronchial foreign body: a case report.
abstract: A nine-year-old girl with mental retardation accidentally swallowed an axle of a toy car and was urgently hospitalized with the diagnosis of left bronchial foreign body. While various monitors were installed and removal of the foreign body by a ventilating rigid bronchoscope was in preparation, the patient suddenly coughed and vomited, with the foreign body found in the vomit. When examining infant cases of air way foreign body, attention tends to be focused on the diagnosis and treatment. However, patients are at risk of aggravating difficulty in breathing or suffocation as long as foreign bodies are present in the air way. It is important to monitor carefully for changes in the breathing and to prepare for unexpected events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shikada
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Tadakazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niimura
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001995:Bronchography; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014839:Vomiting