Unusual Intra-Bronchial Foreign Body: About a Case Report

Abstract

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies Inhalation is a frequent reason for consultation in pediatrics, but rarely seen in adults. We report the case of a 40-year-old woman, without any particular pathological history, presented for a blood- streaked purulent sputum, right subclavicular tingling chest pain and dyspnea on exertion among two days following accidental inhalation of a turkey bone. The clinical examination and the chest X-ray were normal, the chest CT scan showed a calcifield foreign body in the right lower lobar bronchus. Flexible bronchoscopy allowed an extraction of the turkey bone without complications, which was located in the initial part of the intermediate bronchus. The evolution was marked by a complete recovery. Foreign body inhalation is a real emergency and its management must be fast, based on delicate extraction by endoscopy to avoid complications.