CASE REPORT
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abstractIncidental
tracheobronchial aspiration of a ball pin in a healthy young
professional basketball player - a case report Ali Mohammad Bananzadeh 1, Sam Moslemi 2, Maryam Tahamtan 3, Lohrasb Taheri 2 1Colorectal Research Center, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran 2General Surgery Department, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran 3College of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
Tracheobronchial
foreign body aspiration is a rare condition in a healthy adult who has
not any predisposing factors such as diminished mental status and
oropharyngeal dysfunction. A variety of items including age, sex,
nutritional habitus, socioeconomic level and geographical distribution
determines what is aspirated. The aspiration of an ever not reported
object will open new horizons of concepts for preventing its following
occurrence. A 21-year-old professional basketball player was referred
to our center with a 20 hours history of cough and dyspnea after
aspiration of a large ball pin. The PA and lateral views of chest X-ray
revealed a metal aspirated object in the tracheobronchial tree.
Therefore, rigid bronchoscopy was performed for removal of pin lodged
in the distal portion of left main bronchus. No complication was
occurred and patient was discharged after a few hours.
Key
words:tracheabronchial aspiration, ball pin, basketball player
Full case report:
Incidental tracheobronchial aspiration of a ball pin in a healthy young professional basketball player
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