AN UNUSUAL FOREIGN BODY IN TRACHEA

Authors

  • Mohammad Ayub Musani
  • Yousuf Khambaty
  • Itrat Jawed
  • Faheem Ahmed Khan
  • Khalid A. Ashrafi

Abstract

We report a very unusual case of foreign body (FB) in the tracheo-bronchial tract of a male child,who presented to us in the Emergency Department at our tertiary care centre with the complaint ofFB in throat, cough bouts and choking sensation with pain and difficulty in breathing for whom anemergency rigid endoscopy was carried out after appropriate investigations.Keywords: Foreign body, tracheo-bronchial tract, management, unusual

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Published

2010-03-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2010): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

Section

CASE REPORT

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