Extraction of a rubber bullet from a bronchus after 1 year: Complete resolution of chronic pulmonary damage

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1210-1213

  Bertolani, M Francesca ^a,b   Marotti, Francesca ^a   Bergamini, Barbara M ^a   Pellegrino, Marco ^a   Balli, Ruggero ^a   Buonaura, PierLuigi Calandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Foreign body inhalation complication; Pulmonary consolidation; Recurrent pneumonia; Thoracic high resolution CT

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; NAPROXEN; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BULLET; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032960854     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.4.1210     Document Type: Article

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