A Bronchial Foreign Body Present for Five Years

Abstract

There often is a symptomless interval after the initial episode associated with aspiration of a foreign body. If the physical signs and roentgenographic changes are suggestive of the presence of a foreign body, the physician should not neglect to inquire into the possibility that a foreign body may have been aspirated. Even more important, however, he must not allow the absence of physical signs or roentgenographic changes to cause him to disregard a history thai is even suggestive of the aspiration of a foreign body.