Management of Subcutaneous Emphysema in Low Income Setting Eastern of DR Congo: Rare Complication of Inhalation Foreign Body Type Peanut. Case Report
Received Date: Dec 18, 2018 / Accepted Date: Dec 26, 2018 / Published Date: Jan 02, 2019
Abstract
A Foreign Body (FB) in airway tract remains a serious and fatal event if not managed properly in time. We present in this case report a result of management of a gross subcutaneous emphysema following inhalation of peanut at a 6 year old girl who consulted our hospital with symptomatology of pneumonia following inhalation of foreign body type peanut seven days earlier. During her hospitalization, she developed a gross subcutaneous emphysema which was managed using subclavicular subcutaneous incision for aspiration associated on antibiotics, oxygen therapy and chest physiotherapy. The condition resolved within fifteen days. Bronchoscopy remains the good approach to remove and to prevent the complications of inhalator foreign body.
Keywords: Management; subcutaneous emphysema; inhalation; foreign body; DR Congo
Citation: Sikakulya FK, Sivulyamwenge AK, Mbahweka FK, Masumbuko CK (2019) Management of Subcutaneous Emphysema in Low Income Setting Eastern of DR Congo: Rare Complication of Inhalation Foreign Body Type Peanut. Case Report. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 9: 358. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000358
Copyright: © 2019 Sikakulya FK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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