Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The first case report of dental floss pick-related injury presenting with massive hemoptysis: A case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access The first case report of dental floss pick-related injury presenting with massive hemoptysis A case report Chun-Ta Huang1 Chao-Chi Ho 1 2 Yi-JuTsai3 and Pan-Chyr Yang1 Address 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan No. 7 Chung-Shan South Rd Taipei 100 Taiwan 2Department of Emergency Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan and 3School of Medicine College of Medicine Fu Jen Catholic University Taipei Taiwan 510 Chung Cheng Rd Hsinchuang Taipei County 24205 Taiwan Email Chun-Ta Huang - huangct@ Chao-Chi Ho - ccho1203@ Yi-Ju Tsai - 065735@ Pan-Chyr Yang - pcyang@ Corresponding author Published II March 2008 Received 18 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 78 doi 1752-1947-2-78 Accepted 11 March 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 78 2008 Huang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction A tracheobronchial foreign body is a rarely mentioned cause of massive hemoptysis. Although an aspirated toothpick is a well-known cause of traumatic injury to the respiratory tract a similar device called a dental floss pick which is much larger than a toothpick has never been described as a tracheobronchial foreign body. Case presentation We report a case of massive hemoptysis in a 32-year-old man due to a dental floss pick in the left main bronchus. Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy was successful in removing the foreign body. Conclusion Tracheobronchial foreign body can be a medical emergency requiring immediate intervention and massive
