Change: on expiration. The greatest difference in lung aeration will therefore be seen on the expiration image as air is exhaled from the normal lung (right)(right lung) but not from the affected lung(left).lung (left lung). The pressure in the affected lung (left)(left lung) remains relatively constant throughout respiration.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 718)

Change: Note that in both inspiration and expiration images the diaphragms have not moved greatly. The heart and mediastinum are moving rather than the hemidiaphragms.Case 21This case is circa 1958. The details of the case are unknown.There is a bolt in the right main bronchusThe   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 713)

Change: mild over-expansion of the left lung and mediastinal shift.The expiratory image shows further mediastinal shift and right lung atelectasis. The limited movement of the left hemidiaphragm on expiration and the mediastinal shift suggests an inhaled foreign body in the left main bronchus.Case 2This case is   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 615)

Change: screwbolt in the right main bronchus.The screwbolt appears to have moved distally into a RLL bronchus.Case 3The details of the case are unknown.There is a piece of gravel in the right main bronchus. ...back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 616)

Change: main bronchus.Case 1This case is circa 1958. The details of the case are unknown.There is a screw in the right main bronchus.The screw appears to have moved distally into a RLL bronchus....back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 596)

Change: a suggestion of mediastinal shift.The expiratory image shows further mediastinal shift. The paradoxical movement of the left hemidiaphragm and the mediastinal shift suggests an inhaled foreign body in the left main bronchus....back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 556)

Change: left lung and a suggestion of mediastinal shift.The expiratory image shows further over-expansion of the left lung and further mediastinal shift. The paradoxical movement of the left hemidiaphragm and the mediastinal shift suggests an inhaled foreign body in the left main bronchus.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 545)

Change: "Williams [1] highlights the key points in the management of inhaled foreign bodies (FB). One of the important points is to request inspiratory and expiratory   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 521)

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Change: "An inhaled foreign body (FB) in a child can be easily missed if the diagnosis is not considered, particularly if a history of choking or   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 305)