title: Unusual bronchial foreign body.
abstract: We present an unusual case of bronchial foreign body in an adult who presented with bronchiectasis more than two decades later. The patient was unaware of his accidental aspiration of the foreign body, and the final diagnosis was made intraoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Wakefield Heart Centre & Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Paresh Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Kuba
authors.affiliation: Wakefield Heart Centre & Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jasvinder
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Wakefield Heart Centre & Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand drashoksharma1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001515:Beer; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001995:Bronchography / Q000379:methods; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D019064:Product Packaging; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Bronchiectasis; Bronchoscopy; Foreign bodies; Lung; Pneumonectomy; Respiratory aspiration