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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 25(4); 1982 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1982;25(4): 759-66.
Interesting Cases of Foreign Bodies in the Airway - Report of Seven Cases -
Hwa Sik Lee, MD, In Kwan Song, MD, Ki Joo Lee, MD, Byung Do Suh, MD, and Byung Woo Kim, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea
최근 경험한 기도이물 7예
이화식 · 송인관 · 이기주 · 서병도 · 김병우
가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Foreign bodies in the airway are very important and not uncommon conditions in the field of E.N.T., and practically there are many reports of them. Occasionally, it can be followed by some serious complications and even death. Recently, the authors experienced 7 interesting cases of foreign bodies in the airway and a brief review of literature was made. Case I (1-year-old male) : A bit of walnut was coughed out spontaneously. Case II (2-year-old male) : A bit of raw chestnut was removed from the right main bronchus. Case III (21-year-old male) : A pushpin was removed from the left main bronchus. Case IV (1-year-old male) : A kind of bean was removed from the right main bronchus. Case V (4-year-old male) : A coiled steel spring (1.1 cm×2 cm) was removed from the subglottic region. Case VI (5-year-old female) : A shell of pine nut which had been impacted in the wall of right main bronchus was removed by the middle and lower lobectomy. Case VII (2-year-old male) : A metal nail was removed from the right posterior basal segmental bronchus by the right lower lobectomy.

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