Case report describes severe pneumothorax following bronchial foreign body aspiration in a young child, highlighting the necessity of considering aspiration in pediatric lung collapse.
Key Points
To describe a rare presentation of secondary pneumothorax caused by tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration and emphasize diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
Clinical assessment, diagnostic radiography, and emergency needle decompression with tube thoracostomy in a 5-year-old male presenting with acute respiratory distress.
Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy performed to locate and extract the aspirated foreign body from the tracheobronchial tree.
Chest imaging demonstrated a massive right-sided pneumothorax with ipsilateral lung collapse four days after foreign body inhalation, despite an initial normal radiograph.
Rigid bronchoscopy achieved complete extraction of an organic foreign body from the right main bronchus, resulting in full clinical recovery and normal follow-up imaging at one month.