Cuerpos extraños en la vía aérea: Uno a cada lado en forma simultánea. Caso clínico

• CLAUDIO CORTÉS A ^[1] ; BENJAMÍN HORWITZ Z ^[2] ; JUAN CARLOS DÍAZ ^[1]
  1. [1] Clínica Alemana de Santiago Departamento de Imágenes
  2. [2] Universidad del Desarrollo-Clínica Alemana Facultad de Medicina
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 138, Nº. 4, 2010, págs. 470-472
• Idioma: español
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  • Bilateral foreign bodies in the airway: Report of one case
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  • Inhaled foreign bodies can be a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate intervention. We report a 40-year-old man who came to the ER complaining of chest pain and cough. He had lost his dental prosthesis. Chest X-Rays showed two foreign bodies, one at the intermediate bronchus and the other at the left posterior basal segmental bronchus. By fbrobronchoscopy, porcelain fused to a metal dental crown of six teeth was extracted from the right side, and a cast of metal from the left side.