Previously, patient VMT (56 years old, Nha Trang City), was admitted to the hospital with severe right chest pain, difficulty breathing, and high fever. Patient T. said that about a month ago, while eating, he choked and choked violently, then had chest tightness in the chest area, and a lot of dry cough.

The symptoms gradually subsided so he did not go for a check-up. Recently, he felt severe pain in his right chest, had difficulty breathing, and coughed up cloudy phlegm mixed with a little blood, so patient T. went to the doctor. The results of the lung-pleural ultrasound showed that the patient was suspected of having a foreign object in the bronchus, causing severe right pleurisy.

After about 20 minutes of endoscopic intervention, the 3cm denture was removed from the patient's lung. The patient's health condition improved significantly.

Previously, Khanh Hoa Provincial Tuberculosis and Lung Hospital had also repeatedly discovered foreign objects in the bronchi of some patients such as areca nut pieces, bone pieces, wood dust, etc. and had effectively intervened, bringing about very good recovery for the patients.

The hospital recommends that people, especially the elderly, should be vigilant for cases of choking while eating or drinking, accompanied by symptoms of severe coughing, chest pain, acute shortness of breath... and should go for early examination and timely intervention to avoid unfortunate consequences.