Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine

A retrospective analysis of 147 brochoscopies performed at Imam Khomeini Medical Center, for foreign bodies over a 5 years period, 1989 to 1994 is reported.

Children under 5 years accounted for 81.57% of the cases in brochoscopy 67.54% of foreign bodies were extracted, from right main bronchos and most of the patients were male (56.2%) the commonest foreign body in Hamadan was the watermelon seeds.