A foreign body experience

David Ferreira; Yashneel Prasad; Hima Vedam; Melissa Baraket; Sayontonee Ghosh; Jonathan P Williamson

doi:10.1002/rcr2.606

A foreign body experience

Respirol Case Rep. 2020 Jun 23;8(6):e00606. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.606. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

David Ferreira¹, Yashneel Prasad¹, Hima Vedam^{1

2}, Melissa Baraket^{1

2}, Sayontonee Ghosh¹, Jonathan P Williamson^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ South Western Clinical School Liverpool Hospital, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia.
² Respiratory, Sleep and Environmental Health Research Group South Western Sydney Academic Unit Sydney NSW Australia.
³ MQ Health Respiratory and Sleep Macquarie University Hospital Sydney NSW Australia.

Abstract

Foreign body inhalation (FBI) is an uncommon clinical entity in adults. Despite this, FBI is an under-recognized, serious, and easily treatable condition. The authors report a case of a 31-year-old female asthmatic who presented with wheeze and cough not responding to therapy. Chest computed tomography and bronchoscopy confirmed a foreign body distal to the left upper lobe vestibule. The non-organic material was removed with rigid bronchoscopy and cryoprobe with resolution of symptoms. FBI remains an important differential in those presenting with respiratory symptoms in the absence of other diagnoses.

Keywords: Clinical respiratory medicine; cough; radiology and other imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports