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Headscarf Pin Localized in the Right Main Bronchus and Two Pins in the Abdomen
 
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Necmettin Erbakan Universty Meram Medical Faculty, Thoracic Surgery, Konya, Turkey
 
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Konya Training and Research Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Konya, Turkey
 
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Necmettin Erbakan Universty Meram Medical Faculty, Pulmonoloji, Konya, Turkey
 
 
Publication date: 2015-01-07
 
 
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Burhan Apilliogulları   

Necmettin Erbakan Universty Meram Medical Faculty, Thoracic Surgery, Konya, Turkey
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2015;12(1):82-85
 
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ABSTRACT
Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is a serious condition that might result in mortality and it necessitates emergency intervention. Studies in literature report cases of pin aspiration related to headscarf use in Muslim countries. The most frequent symptom in foreign body aspirations is coughing. Radio-opaque foreign bodies can be detected through lung radiology. Following diagnosis, the foreign body needs to be removed as soon as possible. The removal procedure is carried out by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy or rigid bronchoscope. We hereby present the case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with headscarf pin aspiration and whose radiography results revealed 2 pins in the abdomen and one pin in the right main bronchus.
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