Foreign body aspiration
Diagnosis certain
Disclosures
- updated 6 Dec 2023:
Nothing to disclose
Updates to Case Attributes
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CT features along the clinical presentation are most likely suggestive of a foreign body with resultant left-sided, hemithorax white-out as described.
Bronchoscopy confirmed the aspiration of the cap of the pen.
Foreign body aspiration is common in the paediatric group is a common entity during playingand can present with the sudden appearance ofonset respiratory signs and symptoms.
-<p>CT features along the clinical presentation are most likely suggestive of a foreign body with resultant left-sided, <a href="/articles/hemithorax-white-out-differential" title="Hemithorax white-out (differential)">hemithorax white-out</a> as described.</p><p>Bronchoscopy confirmed the aspiration of the cap of the pen.</p><p>Foreign body aspiration in the paediatric group is a common entity during playing with the sudden appearance of respiratory signs and symptoms.</p>- +<p>CT features along the clinical presentation are most likely suggestive of a foreign body with resultant left-sided, <a href="/articles/hemithorax-white-out-differential" title="Hemithorax white-out (differential)">hemithorax white-out</a> as described.</p><p>Bronchoscopy confirmed the aspiration of the cap of the pen.</p><p>Foreign body aspiration is common in the paediatric group and can present with sudden onset respiratory signs and symptoms.</p>