A Cause of Asthma Misdiagnosis: Foreign Body Aspiration That Allows Air Passage Through

• Main Authors: Zeynep Reyhan Onay (Author), Yetkin Ayhan (Author), Nilay Bas Ikizoglu (Author), Ersan Uzun (Author), Gülay Bilgin (Author), Saniye Girit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Publishing House, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foreign body aspiration is a life-threatening condition in childhood. Clinical and radiological diagnosis may be delayed in cases in which foreign body has a lumen and allows the air passage through and is also misdiagnosed as asthma or chronic cough. The delay in the diagnosis can cause morbidity a...