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- * Symptoms of airway foreign bodies can vary, but a persistent cough is often a key indicator, particularly in the elderly, who may show few symptoms.
- * The case reported involves an elderly Japanese man with obstructive pneumonia caused by a fish bone lodged in his bronchial tube, highlighting the need for careful assessment of foreign body risks related to dietary habits in specific populations.
Article Abstract
The age of predilection for foreign body aspiration into the lower airway shows a bimodal distribution, with the majority of cases occurring in children or infants and in the elderly. Although several pediatric airway foreign bodies have been summarized, in adults, bronchial foreign bodies are relatively uncommon. There are a variety of symptoms induced by airway foreign bodies, although the typical symptoms of some bronchial foreign bodies are cough. Bronchial foreign bodies, especially in the elderly, may have few symptoms and it is necessary for careful identification. Therefore, it is very important to carefully perform medical consultations about current and past medical history. Herein, we report a case of an elderly Japanese with obstructive pneumonia with a bronchial foreign body of fish bone with a long history of cough. It is known that people in some countries such as Japan have a habit of eating fish. Therefore, it is necessary to more carefully explore the possibility of some bronchial foreign body such as a fish bone, when we observe symptoms of persistent cough in such countries.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10618766 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21362 | DOI Listing |
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