When cough drives you nuts

oreign body aspiration is a potentially life-threatening event which most frequently occurs in children during the first 3 years of life. Commonly the inhalation of a foreign body presents with acute choking, coughing and respiratory distress; less frequently it can determine milder non- specific respiratory symptoms, which may lead to delayed diagnosis and inappropriate treatments. The lack of specific radiological findings further contributes to delay in prompt removal by rigid bronchoscopy. We describe 2 cases of foreign body aspiration presenting as insidious drug-resistant left-side pneumonia.