PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Salim, Muhammad U.
AU  - Asghar, Asif
AU  - Tareen, Irum
AU  - Azhar, Muhammad
TI  - Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046
DP  - 2016 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1136--1139
VI  - 37
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/10/1136.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/10/1136.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2016 Oct 01; 37
AB  - It is very rare to have a big foreign body in the lungs without any complications or symptoms for 2 years. A 14-year-old male with episodes of minor hemoptysis for 4 weeks had a history of inhalation of a bullet 2 years earlier. He had asymptomatic for lung complications for 2 years. The bullet was removed by right thoracotomy and non-anatomical wedge stapled resection, and he followed an uneventful recovery. An aspirated foreign body although big can remain asymptomatic for a long time, especially if it has migrated to the periphery.