TY - JOUR
AR - JSCR-2024-1-105
TI - Unusual Bronchial Foreign Body with a Bizarre Entry Path
AU - Jeenam, Shah
AU - Jayalakshmi, T.K
AU - Bhumika, Madhav
AU - Sharad, Bhalekar
AU - Dhanaji, Rewande
AU - Shantesh, Kaushik
JO - Surgery Case Reports
PY - 2024
DA - Thu 21, Mar 2024
SN - 2733-225X
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2024.01.05
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/unusual-bronchial-foreign_JSCR-2024-1-105 
KW - Bronchial foreign body removal, flexible bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, thoracic surgery
AB - Foreign body in the bronchus is usually aspirated, ingested or deposited. Entry of a bronchial foreign body through the neck via a rent in the trachea is rare. A freak accident occurred when our 58 year old patient was overseeing crane operation at 4- a steel plant and a metallic foreign body pierced the patient’s trachea and was lodged in his right bronchus intermedius. Metallic body was removed using a snare via a flexible bronchoscope. A morbid open thoracic surgery was avoided by a timely procedure. Our case highlights that foreign body in the lungs can also enter via open penetrating wounds in the neck or chest and can be removed by bronchoscopy avoiding complex surgical procedures.