title: [A foreign body in the airways].
abstract: A 16-year-old boy who had aspirated a straw came to the Emergency Ward. The only symptom was a soft whistling sound while breathing. The straw was found in the right middle lobar bronchus and was removed by flexible bronchoscope and forceps. Prompt removal of foreign bodies from the airways, preferably by flexible bronchoscopy, is necessary to avoid complications.
authors: TweeSteden Ziekenhuis, afd. Spoedeisende Hulp, Tilburg, the Netherlands. steef20479@hotmail.com
authors: Steef
authors: S
authors: Stoffelen
authors: Marleen José
authors: MJ
authors: Spekschoor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome