Bilateral airway foreign body aspiration as a cause of recurrent pneumonia.
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) into the lower airway requires a high index of suspicion. Identification of the problem can be difficult as it has a broad range of clinical presentation and often mimics other medical conditions. A delay in diagnosis and management can result in serious complications. The authors report the case of a middle aged man with bilateral airway FBA who had a history of six hospitalisations over the previous 10 years with recurrent pneumonias.
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sameer Ur
SU
Rehman
Nadia
N
Sharif
Ali Bin Sarwar
AB
Zubairi
D001980:Bronchi; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence