ABSTRACT

Introduction: Drowning and near drowning are serious and common events in pediatric patients that usually occur in fresh and/or salt water. Aspiration of organic and/or inorganic content is rare. Therapeutic bronchoscopy is used in isolated cases. Case report: We report the case of a 2 year old male patient with near drowning in the septic tank, its clinical, radiological and endoscopic correlation. Conclusion: Therapeutic bronchoscopy was the complementary procedure for the resolution of the event of aspiration of organic and inorganic material.

KEYWORDS

Drowning, near drowning, septic tank, tomography, bronchoscopy.

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