A case of foreign body aspiration diagnosed 5 years after the incident

Year 2018, , 73 - 75, 29.03.2018

Serhat Yalçinkaya

https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.302667

Abstract

Foreign body
aspiration is rare in adult patients. 
The aspirated materials may be of various kinds and may not be diagnosed
for a long period of time.  The patients
sometimes are even misdiagnosed and may be treated as asthma, pneumonia, and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. 
A 72-year-old male patient treated as such was discovered to have a
foreign body aspiration 5 years after the incident.  The clinical presentation, history, and
treatment are presented.

Keywords

aspiration, bronchoscopy, speaking valve

Oluşundan 5 yıl sonra tanı konmuş yabancı cisim aspirasyonu

Abstract

Erişkinlerde yabancı cisim aspirasyonu nadir olup çeşitli
maddelerle gelişebilir.  Şikayetlerin
azlığı nedeniyle uzun süre fark edilmeyebilir. Hastalar bazen yanlışlıkla
astım, pnömoni ve kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı var sanılarak tedavi
edilebilir. Benzer şekilde takip ve tedavi edilen 72 yaşında bir erkek hastada
gerçekleştikten 5 yıl sonra tespit edilen bir yabancı cisim aspirasyonu
olgusunun klinik bulguları, öyküsü ve tedavi sonuçları paylaşılmaktadır.

Keywords

aspirasyon, konuşma protezi, bronkoskopi

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