Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

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Migrating foreign body in an adult bronchus: An aspirated denture

  • Received : 2018.07.05
  • Accepted : 2018.08.17
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

As a safety measure, dentures are routinely removed before surgery. Aspiration of a denture could be catastrophic, with medicolegal implications. Foreign body aspiration is uncommon in adults; however, aspirations may remain asymptomatic and undiagnosed for long periods of time. We report an adult male who presented with a cough for more than 6 months. On radiography, a foreign body was found migrating within the tracheobronchial tree from one mainstem bronchus to the other, at different time points. The foreign body was later found to be a portion of his denture. The aspiration may have occurred at the time of a surgical procedure.

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