Hordeum murinum aspiration revealed by a pneumopleurocutaneous fistula in a 15-month-old infant - Sorbonne Université
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Hordeum murinum aspiration revealed by a pneumopleurocutaneous fistula in a 15-month-old infant

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Background: Hordeum murinum is a specie of grass rarely reported among the aspirated foreign body. It has high tissue penetration power and may cause lung damages. Case presentation: We report the case of a 15-month-old girl who choke while playing in the grass without any evident cause. This episode was immediately followed by vomiting and coughing with traces of blood. While she was fine during the following week, she relapsed at day (D) 7 with fever. At D10, she was finally hospitalized for signs of respiratory distress. The chest CT-scan revealed a voluminous right sub pleural empyema with an aerial component, responsible for the collapse of the right lower lobe, and complicated by a pneumopleurocutaneous fistula to the right paravertebral muscles. Intravenous antibiotics were prescribed, but no invasive procedure was performed. At D18, the spikelet of a false barley spontaneously externalized through the fistula. Evolution was favorable thereafter with disappearance of the fever and progressive decrease of the biological inflammatory syndrome. The follow-up at 4 months was reassuring, with normal clinical evaluation, and complete regression of the empyema on the chest X-rays. Conclusions: Hordeum murinum is a rare type of foreign body, and the aspiration often goes unnoticed. In these peculiar cases, CT-scans can be as informative as bronchoscopies, and the evolution is usually favorable after fistulization.
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hal-03469394 , version 1 (07-12-2021)

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Nicolas Richard, Audrey Paygambar, Hubert Ducou Le Pointe, Sarah Biaz, Harriet Corvol. Hordeum murinum aspiration revealed by a pneumopleurocutaneous fistula in a 15-month-old infant. BMC Pediatrics, 2021, 21 (1), ⟨10.1186/s12887-021-03016-0⟩. ⟨hal-03469394⟩
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