Medicina Pulmonar e Respiratória

Bronchial Foreign Body Attributable to an Aspirated Marking Pin: A Case Report

Abstract

Hiroki Yajima, Katsuyuki Tomita, Yoshihiro Fujii, Yasuto Ueda and Eiji Shimizu

We report the case of an 18 year old Japanese girl who suddenly started coughing after eating a piece of bread. Chest radiography revealed an aspirated marking pin used for sewing located in the right main bronchus. Using a flexible bronchoscope and a shortened endotracheal tube, we successfully removed the foreign body without any complications. Our case shows that a flexible bronchoscope can be used after intubation with an endotracheal tube cut to one-third its length to safely remove an aspirated pin.