Stridor in a child: It's diagnostic challenges

Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101011

Stridor in a child: It's diagnostic challenges

Respir Med Case Rep. 2020 Feb 13:29:101011. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101011. eCollection 2020.

Author

Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Introduction: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is an extremely serious life threatening condition in infants and children.

Case report: We are reporting a case of multiple foreign bodies lodged in respiratory tract in an infant.

Discussion: FBA is the most common cause of accidental death among infants and toddlers.

Conclusion: History suggestive of or even suspicion of FBA is enough for subjecting the child for further confirmatory test such as rigid endoscopy in spite of negative imaging modalities.

Keywords: Bronchoscopy; Foreign body; Trachea.

Publication types

Case Reports