Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology (대한기관식도과학회지)
- Volume 16 Issue 1
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- Pages.51-54
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- 2010
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- 1226-0916(pISSN)
Surgical Management of Occult Foreign Body in the Bronchus Intermedius
중간 기관지 내 이물의 수술적 치료
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Kim, Jae-Bum
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University) ;
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Park, Chang-Kwon
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
- Received : 2010.02.09
- Accepted : 2010.06.07
- Published : 2010.06.30
Abstract
Occult bronchial foreign body is that long-standing foreign body lodge in bronchial tree. Occult bronchial foreign bodies arc rare in adults, whereas tracheobronchial aspiration of foreign bodies occurs commonly in children. A 65-year-old man with chronic cough, sputum production, and fever was transferred for treatment of right middle and lower lobc collapse and obstructive pneumonitis as evidenced by imaging studies. The patient was treated with right middle-lower bilobectomy because fiberoptic bronchoscopic removal of the foreign body failed. We report this case with review of literatures.