Cuerpo extraño vegetal en la vía aerea: una causa poco frecuente de hemoptisis en la niñez: caso clínico / Vegetal foreign body in the lower airway: an anusual cause of hemoptysis in childhood: report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
; 128(3): 323-9, mar. 2000. ilus
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RESUMO
Hemoptysis is an infrequent symptom in childhood and potentially life threatening. The most common causes in this age group are bronchiectasis secondary to cystic fibrosis, cardiovascular and pulmonary congenital anomalies and a miscelaneous group of causes including retained intrabronchial aspirated foreign bodies. We report a previously healthy 5-year-old girl with recurrent pneumonias associated with episodes of hemoptysis. She was admitted in our institution to investigate the persistence of hemoptysis. Based on clinical history, aspiration of a vegetal foreign body was postulated as the etiology and it was confirmed in the pathological examination after surgical exploration, with pulmonary lobe resection. The importance of a good history taking in pediatric hemoptysis is emphatized
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Bronquiectasia
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Cuerpos Extraños
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Hemoptisis
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Chile
Pais de publicación:
Chile