RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1136
OP 1139
DO 10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046
VO 37
IS 10
A1 Salim, Muhammad U.
A1 Asghar, Asif
A1 Tareen, Irum
A1 Azhar, Muhammad
YR 2016
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/37/10/1136.abstract
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.