Introduction:

the fortuitous introduction of a foreign body in the respiratory tract is a dramatic accident that can cause complications, although rare in adults, and especially its late presentation, and in the left bronchus.

Clinical case:

we report the case of a 71-year-old patient with a late-onset foreign body in the left bronchial trunk, who consulted for respiratory sepsis, with no other associated symptoms, four months after reporting having swallowed a chicken bone. On which occasion the physical examination and radiological studies were negative. A CT scan of the chest and flexible bronchoscopy were performed, revealing an image suggestive of a foreign body in the left bronchial trunk.

Discussion:

after performing rigid bronchoscopy and extraction of a foreign body, he presented several complications, which required admission to intensive care, the subsequent clinical evolution was favorable, with a control chest X-ray with adequate lung re-expansion and being discharged 55 days later. of the diagnosis.

Conclusions:

in the presence of a patient with respiratory sepsis after a picture of bronchoaspiration, the diagnosis of aspiration of a foreign body should be taken into account. Extraction of the foreign body is the definitive solution.

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