Abstract

ABELLAN MARTINEZ, M. C. et al. Repeated hemaoptysis for foreign body bronchial aspiration: presentation of one case and review of literature. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2000, vol.17, n.12, pp.36-38. ISSN 0212-7199.

The foreign body aspiration is more frequent in children. The most usual etiology is the foreign bodies of vegetable nature, which can not be observed in the chest radiograph. The clinic signs are varied, including shortness of breath, cough and wheezing. Hemoptysis is a rare symptom, whose araising is generaly connected with the existence of bronchiectasis. We present the case of a child who showed repeated hemoptysis and focal neumonitis due to Eikenelle corrodens three years after the aspiration of a spike. The diagnosis of the bronchial aspiration obtained after The most unusual in this case is the clinic manifestation of repeated hemoptysis, together with the long connected to the existence of foreign body inside the bronchus.

Keywords : Hemoptysis; Foreign body aspiration; Eikenella Corrodens.

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