10.25373/ctsnet.7544888.v1
Mohsen Saber Mohammed Ahmed
Mohsen Saber Mohammed
Ahmed
Alaa Mahmoud
Alaa
Mahmoud
Abdelrahman Talal
Abdelrahman
Talal
Ahmed Amin
Ahmed
Amin
Ayman Abdelgaffar
Ayman
Abdelgaffar
Abdelhamid Haridy
Abdelhamid
Haridy
Zeiad Ellebaidy
Zeiad
Ellebaidy
Foreign Body Inhalation in Child With Mediastinal and Subcutaneous Emphysema
CTSNet
2019
Thoracic
Surgery
2019-01-09 18:16:50
Dataset
https://ctsnet.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Foreign_Body_Inhalation_in_Child_With_Mediastinal_and_Subcutaneous_Emphysema/7544888
<p>A 2-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department
with dyspnea and subcutaneous emphysema over the chest, back, and face. On
talking to the parents, they gave a history suggestive of foreign body
inhalation consisting mostly of chickpeas. Examination revealed the presence of
subcutaneous emphysema and decreased air entry on the right side. A chest x-ray
(Figure 1) and computed tomography scan of the chest (Figure 2) revealed
hyperinflation of the right lung, subcutaneous emphysema, and pneumomediastinum.
Rigid bronchoscopy revealed inhaled pieces of chickpeas in right main bronchus.
The foreign body was extracted using forceps and suction (Figure 3). A postextraction chest x-ray showed
improvement of the right lung hyperinflation (Figure 4).</p><p><br></p><p>Figure 1: Pre-extraction chest x-ray.</p><p>Figure 2: Pre-extraction computed tomography scans.</p><p>Figure 3: Foreign body pieces following extraction.</p><p>Figure 4: Postextraction chest x-ray.</p><p><br></p>