title: Successful flexible bronchoscopic management of a large-sized aspirated partial denture.
abstract: A 48-year-old male patient presented to the emergency room with a history of chest pain and breathlessness. Chest X-ray demonstrated a large radio-opaque foreign body in relation to the proximal right bronchial tree. The patient subsequently revealed a history of a misplaced denture 4 months previously. Urgent flexible bronchoscopy (FB) examination demonstrated a large partial denture impacted in the right intermediate bronchus, which was removed successfully using a flexible bronchoscope. Although rigid bronchoscopy (RB) is the procedure of choice for large-sized and impacted airway foreign bodies, the present case highlights the utility of FB in airway foreign body removal. In clinically stable patients with foreign body inhalation, FB can be employed initially as it is an outpatient and cost-effective procedure which can obviate the need for administration of general anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nayer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jamshed
authors.forename: Karan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: Meera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ekka
authors.forename: Randeep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guleria
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003829:Denture, Partial; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*