Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus
Aspiration of tracheobronchial foreign bodies is a life-threatening event that occurs mainly in children. Occurrence in adults is rare and usually has a subtle presentation as most adults are unaware of aspiration of any foreign material. Decreased levels of consciousness, sedation, and neuromuscula...
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| description | Aspiration of tracheobronchial foreign bodies is a life-threatening event that occurs mainly in children. Occurrence in adults is rare and usually has a subtle presentation as most adults are unaware of aspiration of any foreign material. Decreased levels of consciousness, sedation, and neuromuscular diseases are major risk factors for foreign body aspiration in adults. Prompt diagnosis and intervention through foreign body retrieval are critical to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. Retrieval procedure is risky, and sudden decompensation of the patient can occur anytime. We are presenting an adult who accidentally aspirated his dental prosthesis during sleep and underwent successful retrieval of the dental bridge using flexible bronchoscopy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1d036ab3fd7444090f31d14732ab9412025-02-03T01:03:00ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/798163798163Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem BronchusMonay Mahmoud0Syed Imam1Hetalben Patel2Matthew King3Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USAAspiration of tracheobronchial foreign bodies is a life-threatening event that occurs mainly in children. Occurrence in adults is rare and usually has a subtle presentation as most adults are unaware of aspiration of any foreign material. Decreased levels of consciousness, sedation, and neuromuscular diseases are major risk factors for foreign body aspiration in adults. Prompt diagnosis and intervention through foreign body retrieval are critical to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. Retrieval procedure is risky, and sudden decompensation of the patient can occur anytime. We are presenting an adult who accidentally aspirated his dental prosthesis during sleep and underwent successful retrieval of the dental bridge using flexible bronchoscopy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/798163 |
| spellingShingle | Monay Mahmoud Syed Imam Hetalben Patel Matthew King Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus |
| title_full | Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus |
| title_fullStr | Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus |
| title_short | Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus |
| title_sort | foreign body aspiration of a dental bridge in the left main stem bronchus |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/798163 |
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