Emergency left pneumonectomy for foreign body aspiration: a case report
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Published on: April 19, 2024
Yoko Amano1, Yusuke Takanashi2, Hiroshi Neyatani3
1Department of Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
Abstract:
Bronchoscopic extraction is the most common treatment of foreign body aspiration. However, surgical interventions are required in cases wherein bronchoscopic extraction is difficult, with the most frequent surgical strategy being bronchotomy or lobectomy. Herein, we report a case of foreign body aspiration wherein left pneumonectomy was inevitable because of a molar incarcerated in the left main bronchus. The large diameter of the foreign body and delayed diagnosis that causes granulomatous hyperplasia are considered to be major factors of requiring high invasive surgery.
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