Author/Authors :
Abedini, Atefeh Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Razavi, Fatemeh Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Mehravaran, Hossein Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Fakharian, Atefeh Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Kiani, Arda Tracheal Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Farzanegan, Behrooz Tracheal Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Nikzad Jamnani, Alireza Respiratory Diseases Research Center - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Foreign body aspiration into the respiratory tract is a life-threatening condition and an important cause of morbidity
and mortality due to the suffocation in the pediatric age.
Case Presentation: We present a foreign body aspiration which is related to a seven-year-old Iranian boy. His complaints included
an intermittent cough and dyspnea. The distal impacted endobronchial foreign body has been retrieved by using rat tooth forceps
under C-arm-guided flexible bronchoscopy after the failure of two previous interventions.
Conclusions: In order to reduce the unsuccessful efforts and also mortality and morbidity rate which are the result of foreign body
aspiration, early recognition and also appropriate intervention are crucial. For this purpose, the use of the fluoroscope C-arm device
before bronchoscopy may increase the chance of successful extraction of an endobronchial foreign body
