Foreign body aspiration imitating a difficult-to-treat asthma

Tracheobronchial foreign body (FB) aspiration is an infrequent but possibly fatal event in adults. Symptoms typically consist of a choking incident followed by cough and dyspnea; however, these findings are conflicting, and symptoms may mimic other chronic pulmonary diseases such as asthma or chroni...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din, Hesham A Abdel Halim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2021;volume=70;issue=1;spage=150;epage=153;aulast=El-Din