Occult bronchial foreign body aspiration in adults: Analysis of four cases

Respirology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 561-563

  Yilmaz, Adnan ^a,b   Akkaya, Esen ^a   Damadoglu, Ebru ^a   Gungor, Sinem ^a  

^a SSK Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adults; Bronchial; Foreign body aspiration; Occult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BONE FRAGMENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; OCCULT BRONCHIAL FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH FRAGMENT;

ADULT; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 13144252178     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2004.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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