Jeenam Shah,Jayalakshmi T.K,Bhumika Madhav,Sharad Bhalekar,Dhanaji Rewande,Shantesh Kaushik,
Unusual Bronchial Foreign Body with a Bizarre Entry Path
Surgery Case Reports
2024
2733-225X
http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2024.01.05
https://www.sciencerepository.org/unusual-bronchial-foreign_JSCR-2024-1-105 
Abstract: 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.Keywords: Bronchial foreign body removal, flexible bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, thoracic surgery