Tale of a foreign body

M Vishnu Sharma; Lakshmi Harikumar

doi:10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i1.9

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International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

DOI: 10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i1.9

Year: 2021, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-19

Case Report

Tale of a foreign body

M Vishnu Sharma^1*, Lakshmi Harikumar²

¹ Professor and Head, Department of respiratory medicine, A.J. Institute of medical sciences and Research centre, Kuntikana, Mangalore, Karnataka
² Postgraduate resident, Department of Respiratory medicine, A. J. Institute of medical sciences & Research center, Kuntikana, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

^*Corresponding author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:14 February 2021, Accepted Date:31 March 2021, Published Date:06 April 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Aspiration of a tooth is often overlooked in patients with road traffic accidents. Patients with facial trauma can have avulsion of teeth, which may be then aspirated. It can lead to immediate complication — airway obstruction and hypoxia which may sometimes be fatal. Delayed complications are mainly due to airway obstruction leading to chronic respiratory symptoms and recurrent respiratory infections. Hence, aspirated foreign body should be promptly recognised and should be removed. We aim to highlight this in this case report.

Keywords: Aspiration; teeth; road traffic accident; risk factors; complications

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© 2021 Vishnu Sharma & Harikumar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka.