Interesting Cases of Foreign Bodies in Air way -Report of Seven Cases-

최근 경험한 흥미있는 기도이물 7증례

Foreign bodies in the airway are very import-tant and not uncommon conditions in the field of E.N.T., and practically there are many reports of them. Occasionally, it can be followed by some pulmonary complications and technical difficulty to remove. Therefore, foreign body in the trachea-bronchial tree is serious and, on occasion, fatal. Recently, the authors experienced 7 interesting cases of foreign bodies in the airway and a brief review of literature was made. Case 1. (1 year old male): A bit of walnut was coughed out spontaneously. Case 2. (2 years old male): A bit of raw chestnut was removed from the right main bronchus. Case 3. (21 Years old male): A pushpin was removed from the left main bronchus. Case 4. (1 year old male): A kind of bean was removed from the right main vronchus. Case 5. (4 years old male): A coiled steel spring (1.1cm$\times$2cm) was removed from the subglottic region. Case 6. (5 years old female): A shell of pine nut which had been impacted in the wall of right main bronchus was removed during right middle and lower lobectomy. Case 7. (2 years old male): A metal nail was removed from the rightposterior basal segmental bronchus during right lower lobectomy.

기도 이물은 이비인후와 영역에서 중요한 위치를 차지하고 있는 질환으로서, 타 질환에 비하여 그리 드문 것은 아니며 지금까지 국내외에서 많은 보고가 있어왔다. 기도 이물은 때로는 순식간에 생명을 위협하거나 중증의 합병증을 초래하기도 하며, 이물의 종류와 형태도 다양할 뿐 아니라 그 개재부위도 달라서 이물적출은 항상 낙관을 불허하는 것으로 수술적 방법을 요할때도 있다. 저자들은 최근에, 이물이 자연 객출된 1예와 기관지경술로 성공한 4예 및 외과적 수술로 제거한 2 예를 경험하였기에 문헌적 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.