Fish fin aspiration: an unusual type of lower airway foreign body in a Chinese adult.
Foreign body aspiration into the lower airway is rare in adults, and typically occurs in individuals of advanced age or with underlying neurological or medical conditions. The most common type of lower airway foreign body is organic substances, in particular chicken or fish bones. In many patients a history of an acute choking event is not found, and symptoms are non-specific and may be attributed to other medical conditions. Herein we report the unique case of an 80-year-old Chinese woman who aspirated a fish fin that was undiagnosed for 3 years.
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung City, Taiwan.
Chun-Yao
CY
Lin
Shiu-Feng
SF
Huang
Chou-Chin
CC
Lan
Yao-Kuang
YK
Wu
Chun-Yao
CY
Huang
Yi-Chih
YC
Huang
Chor-Shen
CS
Lim
Mei-Chen
MC
Yang
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed