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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Aug 2004
Case Reports[Fever, coughing and/or wheezing in young children: consider the possibility of foreign body aspiration].
- W M L E Nix, R M van Elburg, G J Westerveld, J I M L Verbeke, and R J B J Gemke.
- Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam. w.nix@vumc.nl
- Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2004 Aug 21;148(34):1661-5.
AbstractThree children, 2 girls aged 1.5 and 3 years and a 2-year-old boy, experienced coughing, wheezing and/or fever for several days or weeks. The first girl was treated for asthma, the other two children for pneumonia. Because the symptoms persisted in all three children after treatment was started, the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration was suggested and confirmed by bronchoscopy. The foreign body was removed during the bronchoscopy and in the boy, a mucosal lesion in the piriform fossa was sutured. Thereafter, all the children recovered completely. In children with persistent coughing, wheezing or fever despite treatment for pneumonia or asthma and in absence of a characteristic acute incident, foreign body aspiration should be considered.
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