Foreign body aspiration presenting as a chronic lung disease: A unique finding in an elderly patient

Document Type

Article

Department

Cardiothoracic Surgery; Medical College Pakistan; Surgery

Abstract

Foreign body aspiration is a serious clinical manifestation in the elderly and has a significant potential to cause life-endangering harm. In this unique report, we highlight the case of a seventy-year-old conscious male, who reported with complaints of chronic cough initially diagnosed as chronic bronchitis; however, on radiological examination, the infectious nidus was identified as a 5 cm long metallic nail in the right lower lung.

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Pagination are not provided by the author/publisher.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

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