Citation

Marlow TJ, Schabel SI, Goltra DD. J. Emerg. Med. 1997; 15(4): 487-489.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 28425, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9279701

Abstract

Foreign-body aspiration is a frequent and potentially lethal occurrence in children. It is associated with a variety of symptoms including choking, coughing, and wheezing. These symptoms differ in severity and are sometimes absent, and chest radiograph findings are often nonspecific. Thus, the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration is occasionally missed or delayed. A multitude of aspirated objects have been reported in the literature. In the present report, we describe the aspiration of a cockroach by a child with a delay in diagnosis of 3 d.

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