title: Turban pin aspiration: new fashion, new syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Turban pin aspiration syndrome is a new clinical entity afflicting young Islamic girls wearing a turban.The goal of this study was to present our experience in diagnosis and treatment of this new entity, define its clinical and epidemiologic features, and shed a new light on the role of fashion in the increased incidence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study in a tertiary university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of clinical parameters and epidemiologic features of 26 patients diagnosed with turban pin aspiration syndrome admitted to the Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospitals in Jerusalem from 1990 to 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients were Muslim females with an average age of 16 years. In all cases, the history was positive for accidental aspiration. Most of the pins were located in the trachea (42%). In 20 cases, the pins were extracted by rigid bronchoscopy without major complications. Fluoroscopy-assisted rigid bronchoscopy was used successfully in three cases. In one case, the object was self-ejected by coughing before the bronchoscopy, and two patients were referred to the chest unit for thoracotomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians should be aware of this distinct form of foreign body aspiration, its method of diagnosis, and extraction techniques. A cultural investigation showed a difference in the turban-fastening technique of young girls as compared with their mothers. Removal by rigid bronchoscopy is a safe method with a high success rate and should be considered as the preferred extraction method of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew-University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. ofir.ilan@mail.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Ophir
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ilan
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eliashar
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirshoren
authors.forename: Kasem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamdan
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003020:Clothing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult