title: Adult foreign body aspirations treated for many years with the diagnosis of asthma: report of two cases.
abstract: While foreign body aspirations are mostly seen in children, they are also observed in adulthood, but in a rare frequency. As it can be asymptomatic for a long time, it can also be confused with many clinical conditions, such as asthma, which can cause chronic cough. Various complications, such as bronchiectasis and pneumonia, can develop in the presence of long-standing aspirated foreign body. In this study, we present two cases one of whom diagnosed with asthma and treated for 30 years, and the other diagnosed with asthma and treated for 10 years. Although no pulmonary complications developed in our first case, bronchiectasis in the right middle lobe developed in our second case.
authors.affiliation: a Medical Faculty, Thoracic Surgery Department , Bozok University , Yozgat , Turkey.
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.affiliation: a Medical Faculty, Thoracic Surgery Department , Bozok University , Yozgat , Turkey.
authors.forename: Şener
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: b Medical Faculty, Chest Diseases Department , Bozok University , Yozgat , Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz Selim
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: İntepe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents
keywords: Asthma; Bronchoscopy; Foreign body