• Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200433, China;
LiHuiping, Email: liw2013@126.com
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Objective To highlight the characteristics of bronchial foreign body in Adults. Methods The clinical data of three patients with bronchial foreign body were analyzed and related literatures were reviewed. Results Foreign bodies in three patients were all located in right bronchi. Their initial diagnoses were tumor, pneumonia and foreign body, respectively. They all didn't offer a definite history of foreign body aspiration. Foreign bodies in three patients were diagnosed and treated by bronchoscopy. Through reviewing 978 related literatures, we found 2920 cases of bronchial foreign body in adults. 75.00% of them didn't offer a history of foreign body aspiration. 80.13% of them were misdiagnosed as other diseases before bronchoscopy, such as pneumonia(31.23%), lung cancer(25.21%), tuberculosis(5.81%), bronchiectasis(6.58%) and asthma(12.47%). Some of them were misdiagnosed for over 30 years. Conclusions Bronchial foreign bodies in adults are easily misdiagnosed. Bronchoscopy plays an important role in diagnosis and treatment of bronchial foreign body.

Citation: Su Yiliang, Zhou Ying, Li Qiuhong, Zhang Fen, Shen Li, Hu Yang, Zhang Yuan, Li Huiping. Bronchial Foreign Body in Adults: Three Cases Report and Literatures Review. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016, 15(5): 484-489. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.2016112 Copy

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