Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Foreign body aspiration is an important cause of death in children, having a spectrum of presentations. Date seed aspiration is an unusual event and here we present a case of a 4-year-old child who was referred to our hospital after aspirating a date seed. 12 days prior to referral, the child aspirated the seed and had breathing difficulty and cough. The parents took the child to a hospital for examination and CT Virtual Bronchoscopy was done revealing FB in the right main bronchus at which point the child was referred to our hospital where bronchoscopy was done and the child recovered without any complication.
Source: The Professional Medical Journal
Authors: Syed Mohsin Raza Bukhari, Hassan Mehdi, Muhammad Amer Nadeem
Institution: Nishtar Medical College and Hospital
Language: English
Topic: Foreign Body Medical Cases
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404958643