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Bronchial foreign body: An unusual form of child abuse.

Wadhera R, Gulati SP, Garg A, Ghai A

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pt. B.D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Bronchial foreign bodies are common in pediatric population. Some times these events may be a form of child abuse. A rare case of child abuse in a 4-month-old boy is reported who presented with a nail in right bronchus. Rigid bronchoscopy was planned and nail was successfully removed. It is suggested that any non-ambulant infant with a foreign body must be viewed with suspicion.

Published 10 December 2007 in Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 72(1): 133-5.
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