Tuberc Respir Dis.  1996 Feb;43(1):108-112.

A Case of Pneumonia due to Occult aspiration of a Twig

• Kwon KS
• Park MY
• Kim KC
• Yeom KH
• Lee CS
• Jung KY
• Lee HS
• Yoo YH
• Kim JS

Abstract

Bronchial foreign body aspirations are uncommon in adults and usually have various underlying conditions, otherwise accidentally occurred in dental procedure, medical, surgical procedure. The most commonly aspirated objects were food materials, with peanuts leading the list. When bronchial foreign body was aspirated, no definite respiratory symptoms or foreign body is may not seen, then diagnosis is delayed. Therefore late complications was developed. The tendency to use fiberoptic bronchoscope for removal of foreign bodies in adults is increased. We report a rare case of bronchial pneumonia due to occult aspiration of a twig before 1 year with a review of the literatures.

Keyword

Foreign body; Aspiration; Twig

MeSH Terms

Adult
Arachis
Aspirations (Psychology)
Bronchopneumonia
Bronchoscopes
Diagnosis
Foreign Bodies
Humans
Pneumonia*