title: [Symptomless aspiration of a dental bur in the lower respiratory tract--a case report].
abstract: In this study, the authors review a case of a man who asymptomatically aspired a dental bur in the lower respiratory tract during dental treatment. Lack of any symptoms of foreign body aspiration erroneously suggested swallowing of the object and its passage to the stomach. This suggestion was not excluded by a control chest radiograph. Further specialist imaging examinations allowed for establishing the definite diagnosis and the patient underwent successful retrieval of the bur using left-sided thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej UM w Łodzi. kaj.wochna@gmail.com
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wochna
authors.forename: Agnieszka P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jurczyk
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smedra-Kaźmirska
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berent
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy