title: Unusual foreign body in the trachea.
abstract: A great variety of foreign bodies in the traeheohr onvhial tree have been reported, but presence of fractured tracheostomy tube as foreign body is ran1. Usually fractured pieces of outer tube are found in the bronchus or trachea near the carina, but occurence of inner tube in the upper part of the trachea is rare2 and one such case is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department Of E.N.T., Bapuji Hospital , J.J.M. Medical College, 577 004 Davangere, Karnataka State, India.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shivakumar
authors.forename: Ashok S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Prashanth
authors.forename: Suman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yeli
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yogesh
keywords: Foreign body; Trachea; Tracheostomy tube