A Case of Bone Aspiration Mimicking Asthma in an Adult Patient; Yetişkin Bir Hastada Astımı Taklit Eden Kemik Aspirasyonu Olgusu

Abstract

Foreign body aspiration is an urgent condition that requires immediate diagnosis and intervention. It is generally seen in children and in elderly patients with neu-rological problems and rarely seen in healthy adults. There may be some clinical signs and symptoms in patients with foreign body aspiration from mild to severe; such as cough, shortness of breath and respiratory arrest. A 52-year-old woman applied to our clinic with the complaints of cough and shortness of breath, and she was misdiagnosed and treated as asthma for three months. The chest radio-graph showed heterogenous opacity in the right paracardiac region, computer-ized tomography revealed the foreign body aspiration in right main bronchus and peripheric pneumonia. Flexible bronchoscopy examination was processed and the foreign body was excluded safely with the aim of crocodile forceps. Foreign body aspiration should be kept in the mind in a adult patient with a sudden onset of asthma like disorder. © 2015, Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine. All rights reserved.