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Murine Oropharyngeal Aspiration Model of Ventilator-associated and Hospital-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia
Published on: June 28, 2018
[Symptomless aspiration of a dental bur in the lower respiratory tract--a case report]
Katarzyna Wochna1, Agnieszka P Jurczyk, Anna Smedra-Kaźmirska
1Z Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej UM w Łodzi. kaj.wochna@gmail.com
Abstract:
In this study, the authors review a case of a man who asymptomatically aspired a dental bur in the lower respiratory tract during dental treatment. Lack of any symptoms of foreign body aspiration erroneously suggested swallowing of the object and its passage to the stomach. This suggestion was not excluded by a control chest radiograph. Further specialist imaging examinations allowed for establishing the definite diagnosis and the patient underwent successful retrieval of the bur using left-sided thoracotomy.
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