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KMID : 0980320180180040267
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Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2018 Volume.18 No. 4 p.267 ~ p.270
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Migrating foreign body in an adult bronchus: An aspirated denture
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Panigrahi Binita
Sahay Nishant
Samaddar Devi P
Chatterjee Abhishek
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Abstract
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As a safety measure, dentures are routinely removed before surgery. Aspiration of a denture could be catastrophic, with medicolegal implications. Foreign body aspiration is uncommon in adults; however, aspirations may remain asymptomatic and undiagnosed for long periods of time. We report an adult male who presented with a cough for more than 6 months. On radiography, a foreign body was found migrating within the tracheobronchial tree from one mainstem bronchus to the other, at different time points. The foreign body was later found to be a portion of his denture. The aspiration may have occurred at the time of a surgical procedure.
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KEYWORD
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Airway management, Bronchoscopy, Dentures
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