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Case Reports
. 2019 Sep 16;2019(9):rjz258.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz258. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Emergency left pneumonectomy for foreign body aspiration: a case report

Yoko Amano  1 , Yusuke Takanashi  2 , Hiroshi Neyatani  3
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Case Reports

Emergency left pneumonectomy for foreign body aspiration: a case report

Yoko Amano et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Bronchoscopic extraction is the most common treatment of foreign body aspiration. However, surgical interventions are required in cases wherein bronchoscopic extraction is difficult, with the most frequent surgical strategy being bronchotomy or lobectomy. Herein, we report a case of foreign body aspiration wherein left pneumonectomy was inevitable because of a molar incarcerated in the left main bronchus. The large diameter of the foreign body and delayed diagnosis that causes granulomatous hyperplasia are considered to be major factors of requiring high invasive surgery.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest computed tomography showing a bone density foreign body (arrow) in the left main bronchus (a). The left lung showing broad atelectasis (arrows) (b).
Figure 2
Figure 2
In the surgical specimen, a molar is undetachably adhered to the bronchial wall (circle).
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