PMC10448197_01
An 87-year-old male patient was extracted with a large foreign body from the airway by flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy. Chest radiograph showed a radiopaque foreign body in the left main bronchus, as indicated by the white arrow (Fig. 1A). Computed tomography confirmed a foreign body in the left main bronchus, as indicated by the white arrow (Fig. 1B). The GI endoscope image showed the dental bridge in the airway (Fig. 1C). The dental bridge removed from the airway was approximately 10 mm in diameter, 20 mm in length, and 8.958 g in weight (Fig. 1D).
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Chest radiography revealed a radiopaque foreign body in the left main bronchus (Fig. 1A). Computed tomography (CT) of the chest confirmed a foreign body within the terminal left main bronchus (Fig. 1B). The dental bridge was grasped with rat tooth alligator jaw grasping forceps via the GI endoscope and extracted successfully (Fig. 1C). The dental bridge was approximately 10 mm in diameter, 20 mm in length, and 8.958 g in weight (Fig. 1D).
PMC10448197_02
A 44-year-old male patient was extracted with a large foreign body from the airway by flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy. Chest radiograph showed a radiopaque foreign body in the right bronchus intermedius, as indicated by the white arrow (Fig. 2A). Computed tomography indicated a foreign body in the right bronchus intermedius, as indicated by the white arrow (Fig. 2B). The GI endoscope image showed the dental bridge in the airway (Fig. 2C). The dental bridge removed from the airway was approximately 5 mm in diameter, 20 mm in length, and 2.204 g in weight (Fig. 2D).
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Chest radiography and CT scans demonstrated a foreign body in the right bronchus intermedius (Fig. 2A and B). The dental bridge was tightly located at the right bronchus intermedius (Fig. 2C). The dental bridge was approximately 5 mm in diameter, 20 mm in length, and 2.204 g in weight (Fig. 2D).
PMC10448197_03
A 63-year-old male patient was extracted with a large foreign body from the airway by flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy. Chest radiograph showed a metallic foreign body in the right bronchus intermedius, as indicated by the white arrow. (Fig. 3A). Computed tomography indicated the metallic foreign body in the right bronchus intermedius, as indicated by the white arrow (Fig. 3B). The GI endoscope image showed the small screw in the airway (Fig. 3C). The small screw removed from the airway was approximately 9 mm in diameter, 28 mm in length, and 3.522 g in weight (Fig. 3D).
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The foreign body not been located until a chest radiograph at our outpatient department proved the screw had been aspirated (Fig. 3A and B). The small screw was found to be tightly positioned at the right bronchus intermedius (Fig. 3C). We used a rat tooth alligator jaw grasping "cook" sonnet polypectomy snare to remove the small screw (Fig. 3D), which was approximately 9 mm in diameter, 28 mm in length, and 3.522 g in weight.