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This case report presents a rare case of TB-FBA in an 8-year-old girl with a prolonged history of cough and dyspnea for 15 months despite many medical treatments and a rigid bronchoscopy examination performed by a board-certified pediatric surgeon. The patient was referred to Namazi Hospital's Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology Division where fiberoptic bronchoscopic exploration was conducted to remove a foreign body (a 6-cm wheat cluster) from the right lower lobe bronchus. This case report demonstrates the importance of clinical history in the diagnosis of aspirated foreign bodies despite unusual age and normal radiological findings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5339\/qmj.2021.6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,23]],"date-time":"2021-02-23T04:30:44Z","timestamp":1614054644000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Diagnosis of a missed bronchial foreign body in an 8-year-old girl: a rare case report"],"prefix":"10.5339","volume":"2021","author":[{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Ashkan Moslehi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran E-mail: ashkanmoslehi@gmail.com"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alireza","family":"Mohamadian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3277","reference":[{"issue":"(1)","key":"CIT0001","series-title":"Semin Ultrasound CT MR","first-page":"48\u201356","article-title":"Application of imaging guidelines in patients with foreign body ingestion or inhalation: literature review","volume":"36","author":"Grassi\n \nR\n,","year":"2015;"},{"issue":"(7)","key":"CIT0002","series-title":"J Natl Med Assoc","first-page":"620\u2013622","article-title":"Aspiration of foreign bodies in adults with personality disorders: impact on diagnosis and recurrence","volume":"103","author":"Lewis\n \nC\n,","year":"2011;"},{"issue":"(5)","key":"CIT0003","series-title":"Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis","first-page":"248\u2013252","article-title":"Diagnostic value of various investigations in children with suspected foreign body aspiration: review","volume":"128","author":"Hitter\n \nA\n,","year":"2011;"},{"key":"CIT0004","first-page":"p. 605\u2013614","article-title":"Foreign body aspiration in children: evidence-based emergency imaging. 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