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Case Report: Unusual case of candy wrapper aspiration
Santosh Adhikari1, Amod Rayamajhi2, Tribhuwan Bhattarai1
1Department of Pediatric Medicine, Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Bagmati, 44600, Nepal.
Abstract:
Foreign body (FB) aspiration is a life-threatening medical emergency that usually presents with a history of choking episodes, followed by cough and shortness of breath. However, when the signs and symptoms are subtle, they can be easily missed by the parents or the child, causing delays in the diagnosis and management, suspecting other respiratory illnesses. Here, we report an eight years old neurologically stable girl without a history of choking episodes, with only subtle respiratory symptoms, with a candy wrapper stuck in the left bronchus missed by X-ray and computer tomography (CT)- scan of the chest and diagnosed and removed by flexible bronchoscopy.
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