Figure 1
From: Delayed diagnosis of tooth aspiration in three multiple trauma patients with mechanical ventilation
CT images of lung and maxillofacial bones, inspired tooth in case 3. (a-d) CT scan on day 1 showed the tooth-like foreign body (white/black arrow) in the right bronchus. (e) Reconstructed CT images on day 2 showed fracture of mandible and left zygomatic arch, and loss of three teeth. (f, g) Obstructive pneumonia developed in the right lower lobe on day 7. (h) Flexible bronchoscopy confirmed the tooth in the right bronchus. (i) The central incisor removed by flexible bronchoscopy on day 8. (j-l) Chest CT (day 13) and radiography (day 24) showed extinction of obstructive pneumonia in the right lower lobe.