52 year old patient hailing from the Southern province of Binh Duong said that he had a choke while eating snake head fish soup.
After that, he experienced breathing problem, chest pain; therefore, he was rushed to the local hospital where he was diagnosed to have pneumonia because doctors did not see fish bone.
However, after a few day treatment, his condition did not abate; consequently, he was transferred to the Ear-Nose-Throat Hospital in HCMC.
After asking him question and examining, doctors of the Ho Chi Minh City hospital found the man to have a strange item in bronchial tubes in the right lung’s lobe on CT scan.
After asking him question and examining, doctors of the Ho Chi Minh City hospital found the man to have a strange item in bronchial tubes in the right lung’s lobe on CT scan.
Surgeons were quick to test him before performing endoscopy the bronchial tube where they took a fish bone with measure of 0,5x0,2 cm after 30 minutes.
At present, the man is healthy and he will be discharged soon.
At present, the man is healthy and he will be discharged soon.
