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A bronchial butterfly

B Yung1, C Norton, B H Davies

  • 1Llandough Hospital, Penarth, S. Glamorgan, UK.

The European Respiratory Journal
|January 1, 1994
PubMed
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An asthmatic patient accidentally inhaled a nose stud butterfly. Despite medical interventions, the foreign body was spontaneously expelled after two months. Jewelry manufacturers should consider safer designs.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Case Report
  • Pulmonology
  • Otolaryngology

Background:

  • Foreign body aspiration is a common respiratory emergency.
  • Nose studs, particularly their small "butterfly" backings, pose an aspiration risk.
  • Asthmatic patients may have altered airway dynamics increasing aspiration risk.