Tracheal rupture: a rare complication related to foreign body aspiration
Celebioğlu, B.; Tanyel, F.C.; Altunkaya, H.
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 41(2): 273-276
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4301 PMID: 10770670 Document Number: 506967
A one-year-old patient admitted following foreign body aspiration and referred following cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a local hospital was diagnosed to have tracheobronchial rupture. We first assumed puncture of the mucous membrane of the left main bronchus by the tip of the tube. Later, we thought that the rupture might have been caused by rigid bronchoscopy. Etiology and treatment are discussed and recent literature reviewed.