저자들은 약 1년전에 산불진화작업중에 무엇인가 목으로 넘어가는 것을 감지하였으나 별 증상이 없이 지내던 중 내원 3개월 전부터 간헐적인 발열을 주소로 입원한 환자에서, 기관지내시경상 우측 상엽 후분절에 위치한 나뭇가지로 인한 폐염 1예를 경험하였가에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.
Bronchial foreign body aspirations are uncommon in adults and usually have various underlying conditions, otherwise accidentally occurred in dental procedure, medical, surgical procedure. The most commonly aspirated objects were food materials, with peanuts leading the list. When bronchial foreign body was aspirated, no definite respiratory symptoms or foreign body is may not seen, then diagnosis is delayed. Therefore late complications was developed. The tendency to use fiberoptic bronchoscope for removal of foreign bodies in adults is increased. We report a rare case of bronchial pneumonia due to occult aspiration of a twig before 1 year with a review of the literatures.
