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. 1979 Dec;55(650):886–890. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.650.886

Report on a child with stricture following foreign body of long duration in the bronchus. Discussion on the management of bronchial foreign bodies

D T Thompson
PMCID: PMC2425691  PMID: 548952

Abstract

A case report and the management of a 10-year-old girl who had inhaled a foreign body into the right intermediate bronchus at some unknown (but certainly not recent) time previously is given. A stricture at the site of the impaction of the foreign body was found. The excision of the stricture and repair of the bronchus with pericardium is described together with a 3-year follow-up report. The diagnosis and immediate management of foreign bodies in the bronchus are discussed and the importance of differentiating organic and non-organic foreign bodies is stressed. The management of bronchial strictures is discussed as is the result obtained in the above reported case.

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