In a rare case, doctors at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre have removed a fish bone which remained in the lungs of a 37-year-old man for seven years. The patient, an Oman Military Service personnel flew in from Muscat after several hospitalisations for repeated pneumonia during the past several years.
The fish bone measuring 1.5 cm x 1.4 cm tucked away within the lower lobe of the right lung was removed successfully and the pus formed around it drained out.
It was life-threatening as a foreign body had induced pus formation. The lung behind the fish bone had also become necrotic,” said Dr. Arun Nair, Head of Interventional Pulmonary Department in a statement. That the bone remained undetected for seven years is unusual, said Dr. Nair. Normally such foreign bodies get stuck in the lungs of children, but it is rare in the case of adults.
