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Can inhaled foreign body mimic asthma in an adolescent?


Alessandro Bodini
Luca Pecoraro
Filippo Catalano
Melodie Olivia Aricò
Laura Tenero
Michele Piazza
Giorgio Piacentini

Abstract

A 14 year old male was diagnosed with asthma but didn't improve with appropriate inhalation therapy. Rigid bronchoscopy revealed a food fragment, almost completely occluding the lower-left bronchus lumen. Based on the reported history, it had been likely there for several years.


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