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Distal balloon inflation and extraction for impacted peanut in the distal left main bronchus

Distal balloon inflation and extraction

Background

An 18-month-old child accidentally aspirated a peanut into his lungs while eating. 

Diagnosis & Treatment

The impacted peanut was found in the distal left main bronchus. He underwent bronchoscopic removal of the foreign body through distal balloon inflation and extraction. At the time of follow-up, the patient was doing well.

Distal balloon inflation and extraction

About Author –

Dr. Hari Kishan Gonuguntla, Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad
MD, DM (Pulmonology Medicine), Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology (NCC, Japan)

About Author

Yashoda Doctors

Dr. Hari Kishan Gonuguntla

MD, DM (Pulmonology Medicine), Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology (NCC, Japan)

Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist