FROM ASPIRATED TO EXPECTORATED TOOTH IN A CHILD: A CASE REPORT

Received 2023-06-24; Accepted 2023-12-07; Published 2024-02-07

Authors

  • Abdul Hafiz Dzulkafli Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, University Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
  • Shaikh Farid Abdull Wahab Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, University Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.vol27no1.26

Abstract

Spontaneous expectoration of a foreign body is a rare clinical scenario. We are reporting a case of a boy who spontaneously coughed up his aspirated tooth while awaiting an emergency bronchoscopy.

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Published

2024-02-07

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2024)

Section

Research article

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