THE TRAGEDY OF PICA: STONE ASPIRATION!
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Case Report
VOLUME: 16 ISSUE: 3
P: 144 - 145
July 2005

THE TRAGEDY OF PICA: STONE ASPIRATION!

Gazi Med J 2005;16(3):144-145
1. Harran University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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ABSTRACT

We report a case of a two-year-old girl with an unusual foreign body aspiration caused by pica. Foreign bodies were successfully removed using a rigid bronchoscope. Further investigation led to a diagnosis of irondeficiency anemia and she was treated with an iron supplement.

Keywords:
Stone aspiration, Pica, Iron-defi ciency anemia, Child, Bronchoscopy