Bronchiectasis Following Aspiration of Timothy Grass

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CHILDREN often aspirate vegetable foreign bodies into the tracheobronchial tree. Many varieties have been reported, including certain grasses. Because these are nonopaque to x-rays diagnosis may be long delayed. Our interest in the problem was aroused because of the incidental finding of timothy-grass heads (Phleum pratense) imbedded in the bronchi of lobes removed for suppuration and bronchiectasis of unknown cause (Fig. 1).Jackson and Jackson,1 in 1936, reported bronchoscopic removal of vegetable foreign bodies in 562 cases, of which 6 were timothy heads. The result in all 6 cases was reported as "extraction, cure." In none, however, was . . .

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