Publication: Aspiration of a Row of Artificial Dentures in an Adult: A Case Report
Date
2022
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Publisher
Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract
Clinical findings of foreign body aspiration, generally, are subtle. Scrutinous clinical suspicion is always recommended. Here, we present a rare case of an adult male, who under the influence of alcohol had aspirated a row of his artificial denture without his conscience of where his denture got missing and presented to our outpatient department with non-specific symptoms. With clinical examination and advanced diagnostics, he was successfully managed with rigid bronchoscopy. With the advancement in diagnostic techniques and our widened knowledge of the condition, utmost early detection has been possible and our case report reinforces the need for a low threshold for foreign body aspiration suspicion, especially in adults with dentures, and the use of rigid bronchoscopy as a plausible tool for the prompt management of the aspiration.
Description
Malati Dulal
Department of Ear, Nose, Throat- Head and Neck Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Prashant Tripathi
Department of Ear, Nose, Throat- Head and Neck Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Amit Shrestha
Department of Anesthesiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4618-0233
Kunjan Acharya
Department of Ear, Nose, Throat- Head and Neck Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sailesh Niroula
Department of Anesthesiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Bronchoscopy, Case reports, Dentures, Foreign bodies