[Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration following partial laryngectomy: a case report]

Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2006;16(5):232-4.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is uncommon in adults and one etiologic factor is laryngeal surgery. A 50-year-old male patient presented with cough, high fever, and severe dyspnea three months after partial laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. A computed tomography scan of the thorax showed a hyperdense mass lesion in the right main bronchus, suggesting a foreign body. Diagnostic bronchoscopy was performed under general anesthesia and a small bone fragment, 2 x 1.3 cm in size, was removed from the right bronchial lumen. The patient showed slow improvement due to prolonged atelectasis until complete clinical and radiologic recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi / pathology*
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Cough / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Fever / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laryngectomy / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Trachea / pathology*