Longstanding Endobronchial Foreign Body
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Longstanding Endobronchial Foreign Body
There are many circumstances in which the diagnosis of endobronchial inhalation of a foreign body (FB) can be missed. Generally, in such cases, within weeks or at most months from the event, clinical bronchopulmonary symptoms develop which allow a correct diagnosis to be made and significant complications to be avoided. We report the case of a patient in whom an endobronchial FB remained undiag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1070-3608
DOI: 10.1155/dte.5.257