Respaldiza-Pulido C, Calleja-Gero ML, Sirvent-Cerdá SI, Bascuas-Arribas M

Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 254-255
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ABSTRACT

We present the radiological image of a 14-month-old infant who required hospital admission for acute bronchitis. Due to the persistence of the symptoms and asymmetry in the pulmonary auscultation, a chest X-ray was taken, in which hyperinflation of the right lung and partial atelectasis of the middle lobe were observed. These findings suggested aspiration of a foreign body, which was verified when the patient expelled it spontaneously, and the symptoms disappeared.

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