Endobronchial cockroach: An unusual foreign body aspiration

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-489

  Marlow, Troy J ^a   Schabel, Stephen I ^a   Goltra Jr , David D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Delayed diagnosis; Foreign body aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; COCKROACH; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE;

EID: 0030855184     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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