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Year : 2007 | Volume
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Whistle in the bronchus
Parvaiz A Koul, Abdul Wahid, Tariq A Bhat, Tajamul Hussain
Department of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Parvaiz A Koul Department of Internal and Pulmonary, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar - 190 011, Kashmir India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.33702
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An 18-year-old male presented with 4 weeks' history of productive cough and fever that had started 1 day after alleged ingestion of a plastic whistle. Multiple courses of antibiotics had proved ineffective. Crepitation and a localized wheeze on right chest were observed on clinical examination. Chest radiograph showed a right-sided pneumonitis. Bronchoscopy revealed a grayish-black foreign body in the right bronchial tree, which was retrieved and found to be the 'lost whistle.' The patient improved dramatically following the procedure. |
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