Journal of International Medical Research (Jun 2019)

Laryngotracheal foreign body: chicken neck bone

  • Nicolae Constantin Balica,
  • Adrian Mihail Sitaru,
  • Eugen Radu Boia,
  • Delia Ioana Horhat,
  • Ion Cristian Mot,
  • Alexandru Chioreanu,
  • Marioara Poenaru

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060519848260
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47

Abstract

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We herein present a case involving a 78-year-old patient who had aspirated a laryngotracheal foreign body 3 days prior to hospital admission. The patient had severe congenital intellectual disability; however, no agitation, suffocation, or death occurred despite almost complete laryngeal obstruction. The laryngotracheal foreign body was removed by tracheotomy and suspended microlaryngoscopy.