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| Sex/age | Basic disease | Symptoms | Sign | CT | Nature of FB | Site of retention | Period of retention | Bronchographic finding | Prognosis |
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Case 1 | M/15 m’ | No | Recurrent cough and wheeze for five months | Wheezing sound in the left lung | Emphysema and bronchiectasis in the left lower lobe | Sunflower seed | Basal segment of the left lower lobe | Five months | Foreign body in the left lower lung with granulation tissue formation | Bronchiectasis basically disappeared in the repeated CT after 5 months |
Case 2 | M/13 y | No | Cough for seven days and hemoptysis for one day | No positive sign | Inflammation and bronchiectasis in the right lower lobe | Nut | B10 segment of the right lower lobe | Unknown | Foreign body in the right lower lung along with granulation tissue formation | Chest X-ray was normal after two months |
Case 3 | M/7y | Pachygyria and epilepsy | Fever for eight days and cough for five days | Coarse breath sounds in both lungs | Inflammation and partial bronchiectasis in the left lower lobe | Teeth | Basal segment of the left lower lobe | Unknown | Foreign body in the left lower lung along with granulation tissue formation | Bronchiectasis basically disappeared in the repeated CT after 6 months |
Case 4 | M/25 m | No | Cough and fever for twelve days | Wet rales in both lungs | Inflammation and bronchiectasis in the right middle and lower lobe | Nut | Right main bronchus | Unknown | Foreign body in the right main bronchus | Bronchiectasis basically disappeared in the repeated CT after 1 month |
Case 5 | F/10 y | No | Recurrent cough and fever for two months | Right lung breathing sound decreased | Bronchiectasis in the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe | Tapioca pearl | Basal segment of the right lower lobe | Two months | A spherical foreign body in the right lower lung. | She almost had no fever or cough in recent three years and refused to have X-ray examination |
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