We describe a case of tracheobronchial inhalation of a bead by a five-year-old girl in Djibouti. The bead was extracted using a Fogarty balloon catheter passed through the rigid bronchoscope without complication. This kind of accident is not exceptional and we discuss the management of such cases with limited diagnostic tools and therapeutic environments.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AlbirmawyOA, ElsheikhMN. Foreign body aspiration, a continuously growing challenge: Tanta University experience in Egypt.Auris Nasus Larynx2011; 38: 88–94.
2.
BrkićF, UmihanićS. Tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children. Experience at ORL clinic Tuzla, 1954-2004.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol2007; 71: 909–15.
3.
MurrayA, WalnerD. Methods in instrumentation for removal of airway foreign bodies.Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2002; 13: 2–5.
4.
FidkowskiCW, ZhengH, FirthPG. The anesthetic considerations of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: a literature review of 12,979 cases.Anesth Analg2010; 111: 1016–25.
5.
HoroK, KouassiAB, TeaBZ, AssaL, IcthyVM, FolquetA. Removal of an intratracheobronchial foreign body opaque to X-rays in a child within a context of inadequate medical technical equipment.Rev Pneumol Clin2009; 65: 97–100.
6.
LimSH, LeeDK, LeeJY. Bronchial foreign body removal under general anesthesia with a modified port, a Fogarty balloon catheter and a grasping forceps.Korean J Anesthesiol2011; 61: 177
7.
DatemaFR, BorgsteinJ. A new method to solve an old problem: Extraction of a sharp foreign body from the lateral basal part of the bronchial tree of a child.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Extra2009; 4: 62–5.
8.
MackleT, RussellJ. The combined use of a Fogarty balloon with extraction forceps for the controlled retrieval of an endobronchial foreign body.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol2001; 60: 163–5.
9.
BaliK, TawfiqueS, ShenoyP, NakshabandiA. Threading a bead in trachea - a case report.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Extra2008; 3: 28–30.
