A child with a foreign body in bronchus misdiagnosed as asthma. Issue 12 (21st July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chaudhary, Nagendra; Shrestha, Sandeep; Kurmi, Om P.
• Is Part Of: Clinical case reports. Volume 8:Issue 12(2020)
• Page Start: 2409
• Page End: 2413
• Publication Date: 2020-07-21
• Subjects: bronchial asthma -- bronchus -- children -- foreign body aspiration -- misdiagnosis; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.09
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.3153
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-0904

Abstract

Abstract: Foreign body ingestion should be considered as an important differential in a child with difficult asthma. We report an 11‐year‐old male child with foreign body aspiration who initially was diagnosed and treated as difficult asthma. Later on, he was diagnosed to have a foreign body in the right bronchus, which was successfully removed by flexible bronchoscopy. Abstract : Foreign body ingestion should be considered as an important differential in a child with difficult asthma. We report an 11‐year‐old male child with foreign body aspiration who initially was diagnosed and treated as difficult asthma. Later on, he was diagnosed to have a foreign body in the right bronchus, which was successfully removed by flexible bronchoscopy.