Resolution of bronchiectasis after foreign body removal

ABSTRACT

An undiagnosed foreign body [FB] can cause mechanical effects, chemical reactions, and may present as chronic pulmonary infection, bronchiectasis, asthma, lung collapse or lung abscess. We describe a case with foreign body aspiration that was diagnosed two months after aspiration, and which resulted in bronchiectasis of the left lower lobe [LLL] of the lung, and which ended with complete resolution of the bronchiectatic changes after removal of FB and antibiotic treatment