Aspirated safety pin requiring thoracotomy: Report of a case and review

Inhalation of Pin - A Rare Case Report

“…Accidental inhaled objects in adult usually lodged in the right bronchus as it is more straight and wide as compare to left one. That's why almost half of the reported cases right side is usually affected [1][2][3] as also happened in present case. But in case of very small children both sided bronchus are equally angulated.…”

“…Rigid bronchoscopy is the choice and preferred over flexible one while attempting for removal of foreign body in a child. Laser has been used now a days but surgery is the last resort where all other procedures are unsuccessful [1,2,3,7,11,20]. Recently thoracoscopy has been reported in case of foreign body removal [21] but it was not possible in this case due to unavailability of such instrument in the operating room.…”

“…In children foreign body aspiration or inhalation is very common [1][2][3], however may have dangerous complications. Children are very inquisitive in nature; they put everything in their mouth.…”

Fish bone inhalation in infancy

“…The presence of multiple bones also increases the risk of missing any retained bones during bronchoscopy. It is therefore Inhalation of other sharp objects such as safety pins, darts and needles have been reported in the literature [7,9,17,22]. If left unattended these can produce such complications as extraluminal migration and perforation of the tracheobronchial tree [9,18].…”

An Unusual Case of Foreign Body Aspiration: A Case Report

“…3 Most frequently, aspirated objects are food, which is involved in 75% of the cases; other organic materials, such as bones, teeth, and plants 7%, nonorganic materials such as metals and plastics 13%, rocks 1%, and toys or parts of toys 1%. 4 Foreign body can settle in hypopharynx (5%), larynx (2-9%), trachea (12%) or bronchus (83%). The airway obstruction may be partial or complete.…”