Tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies in the child. Analysis of 43 cases
Omanga, U.; Shango, L.; Ntihinyurwa, M.; Muaku, M.; Mashako, M.; Shako, D.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 97(9): 769-776
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 7458133 Document Number: 160693
The authors report 43 cases of the presence of foreign bodies in the respiratory tract seen over a 20 year period in the University Pediatric Clinic of Kinshasa (Republic of Zaïre). In the light of these cases, it would appear that this pathological condition has apredilection for the infant, with a peak in the 1 to 2 year age group. There is a marked predominance for the male sex (60 %). Foreign bodies of organic nature come first (20/43) consisting above all of peanuts (8 cases) and fish bones (6 cases). As far as site is concerned, the bronchi are involved more often than trachea and the right side more than the left. Three children died including two during endoscopic extraction. Bronchial stenosis (1 case) and bronchi estasis (1 case) are the only complications seen in the long term.