interesting and difficult foreign body trachea in an adult female

ABSTRACT

Foreign body in tracheobronchial tree though commonly seen in paedriatic age group is not so frequent in adults. With different age groups nature of the foreign bodies and their clinical presentation differ and hence the management too. We report a case of an adult female with an interesting and problematic foreign body trachea to emphasize the fact that foreign bodies, though inhaled by chance, may be troublesome to deal with