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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
Published on: September 11, 2018
Case report--an iatrogenic foreign body in the airway
Vikram Dhar1, Hiba Al-Reefy, Mike Dilkes
1Department of ENT Surgery, St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1, London.
Abstract:
We report a case of an iatrogenic foreign body in the airway. An 80-year-old patient who had undergone major head and neck surgery several weeks early presented as an inpatient with a persistent cough and recurrent chest infections. Fibreoptic nasendoscopy revealed the presence of a nasopharyngeal airway sitting vertically in the airway. This foreign body presented indolently as it was cannulated. We suggest that in such patients, readers should be aware of this possible underlying iatrogenic cause of respiratory complications.
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