Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Paint in the pipe: An unusual foreign body

  • Case Report
  • Published:
Indian Pediatrics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Background

Foreign bodies in the airway can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Case characteristics

30-month-old girl with complaints of noisy and fast breathing following fall over a pile of sand. Sand was suctioned out by direct bronchoscopy. The child improved initially but condition worsened in next four days with marked stridor and wheeze.

Observation

Imaging revealed elongated sharp radiodense opacity in the cervical region, suggestive of foreign body. At repeat bronchoscopy, paint material was removed from the airway, leading to recovery

Message

Paint material mixed in the sand can adhere to the walls of the airway, and cause persistent symptoms of obstruction.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Bittencourt PF, Camargos PA, Scheinmann P, De Blic J. Foreign body aspiration: clinical, radiological findings and factors associated with its late removal. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006;70:879–84.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Cohen S, Avital A, Godfrey S, Gross M, Kerem E, Springer C. Suspected foreign body inhalation in children: what are the indications for bronchoscopy? J Pediatr. 2009;155:276–80.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Metrangolo S, Monetti C, Meneghini L, Zadra N, Giusti F. Eight years’ experience with foreign-body aspiration in children: what is really important for a timely diagnosis? J Pediatr Surg. 1999;34:1229–31

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Tan HK, Brown K, McGill T, Kenna MA, Lund DP, Healy GB. Airway foreign bodies [FB]: a 10-year review. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2000;56:91–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Yetim TD, Bayarogullary H, Arýca V, Akcora B, Aryca SG, Tutanc M. Foreign body aspiration in children; Analysis of 42 cases. J Pulmon Resp Med. 2012;2:121

    Google Scholar 

  6. Kettner M, Ramsthaler F, Horlebein B, Schmidt PH. Fatal outcome of a sand aspiration. Int J Legal Med. 2008;122:499–502.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Arun Babu T, Ananthakrishnan S. Unusual presentation of sand aspiration in a 14-mo-old child. Indian J Pediatr. 2013;80:786–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Choy IO, Idowu O. Sand aspiration: a case report. J Pediatr Surg. 1996;31:1448–50.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Ciftci AO, Bingöl-Koloðlu M, Senocak ME, Tanyel FC, Büyükpamukçu N. Bronchoscopy for evaluation of foreign body aspiration in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2003;38:1170–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Civil Engineering Portal of Lectures & Training Material. Composition of Paints. Available from: http://www.aboutcivil.org/Composition%20of%20paints.html. Accessed December 21, 2016.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110 095, India

    Neha Garg, Dheeraj Shah & Piyush Gupta

  2. Department of Radiology, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India

    Natasha Gupta

Authors
  1. Neha Garg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Natasha Gupta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dheeraj Shah
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Piyush Gupta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Dheeraj Shah.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Garg, N., Gupta, N., Shah, D. et al. Paint in the pipe: An unusual foreign body. Indian Pediatr 54, 963–965 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-1192-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-1192-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation