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Abstract
Children tend to explore and place objects in their mouths, so there is a< significant risk of foreign body inhalation. The morbidity and mortality increase in the younger age group, presumably because children of a young age have narrow airways and immature protective mechanisms. (1) Foreign body inhalation is a life-threatening emergency that require prompt removal, but sometimes it may remain undetected because of atypical history or misleading clinical and radiological findings. (2,3)< Most often, the aspirated object is food, but a broad spectrum of inhaled items has been documented over the years. Commonly retrieved objects include seeds, nuts, bone fragments, small toys, pins, medical instrument fragments, and dental appliances. (4)< Geographic differences in the spectrum of objects commonly found in a particular environment and variations in dietary and eating habits affect the relative frequency with which various objects are inhaled. (5 Delayed diagnosis can occur when parents underappreciated symptoms or when physicians overlook the clinical and radiological findings Inflammation and granulation tissue develop around the foreign body in< delayed cases, and it is not uncommon for patients to be treated for other disorders such as persistent fever, asthma, or recurrent pneumonia for a long period of time. (6,7 The diagnosis and removal of the inhaled object become much more difficult in such cases. (1-3).