Abstract
Foreign body in glottis especially in infants is rare. Retrieval of foreign body is a rather simple procedure but sharing of the airway with the anaesthetist and impeding complication makes it more challenging and dangerous. Making a diagnosis of foreign body is most challenging in delayed cases. Complete history and detailed physical examination along with high index of suspicion, in cases of persistent cough, fever, nonresolving respiratory infection, are needed to rule out airway especially laryngeal foreign body. This series of 4 cases is being reported because of the rarity of the glottis foreign body in infants.
Highlights
Aspiration of foreign bodies in trachea-bronchial tree is common
We reviewed the data of 79 patients with suspected history of foreign body aspiration who presented to the ENT casualty and pediatric emergency during a period of one year from August 2011 to August 2012
In 6/79 (7.59%) patients foreign bodies were retrieved from glottis, in among these 4/6 (66.67%) patients were under the age group of one year
Summary
Aspiration of foreign bodies in trachea-bronchial tree is common. Most patients are younger than 4 years old [1]. Incidence of foreign body of the larynx has been reported from 0.7% to 6.1% among all aero-digestive foreign bodies [2,3,4]. Delay in diagnosis of the foreign body in airway has the potential to make a difficult situation even more serious [5]. We reviewed the data of 79 patients with suspected history of foreign body aspiration who presented to the ENT casualty and pediatric emergency during a period of one year from August 2011 to August 2012.
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