Subtle Crucial X-Ray Findings in Pediatric Foreign Body Aspiration
| Autor: | Koji Fukumoto, Naoto Urushihara, Masashi Koyama, Akinori Sekioka, Akiyoshi Nomura |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Mediastinal Shift Context (language use) Computed tomography 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Pediatrics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pediatric Surgery children lobar bronchus medicine Lobar Bronchus Foreign Bodies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Engineering medicine.disease foreign body Foreign body aspiration radiolucent Radiology Foreign body business lobar emphysema 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Foreign body aspiration (FBA), with potentially life-threatening outcomes, is not unusual in the pediatric population. We report two cases of lobar bronchial radiolucent foreign bodies. Chest X-ray (CXR) showed a slight but significant finding of lobar emphysema without a significant mediastinal shift. This is possibly a key to suspecting foreign bodies. In the clinical field, a stepwise approach to detecting foreign bodies is commonly performed, from less invasive options such as CXR to computed tomography (CT). In this context, clinicians should scrupulously check CXRs when pediatric patients complain of respiratory symptoms, especially with potential FBA history. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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