title: Whistle lower-better late than never.
abstract: 16 years old boy with childhood history of chronic respiratory symptoms requiring several admissions presented with recent worsening of symptoms. Chest x-ray showed left lower lobe collapse and flexible bronchoscopy revealed stenosis of left main bronchus. Foreign body was seen beyond the stenosis, which was removed after dilatation of narrowed bronchus under general anesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy. Patient's father gave a history of aspiration of whistle 14 years ago, which had then been removed. Patient is now free of symptoms after removal of foreign body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Mahadevan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivaramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Pattabhi Raman R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Vallandramam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Pavan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yadav
keywords: Cryo extraction; retained foreign body; rigid bronchoscopy