Here is a normal larynx . Here is a larynx with croup and one showing the larynx with epiglottitis . Again, these are classically seen in children, but also are seen in patients of any age who are involved in accidents or are developmentally delayed , intoxicated, confused, etc. Laryngeal foreign bodies are rarely seen as the patient usually asphyxiates prior to arriving in the emergency room. Heimlich maneuver may be life-saving.
Hotdogs are the most common fatal foreign bodies in children.
Most common bronchial foreign body is the peanut . Choking spell may or may not be witnessed. Foreign bodies preferentially lodge in the right mainstem as it anatomically is less-acutely angled from the trachea compared to the left mainstem. Presentation may be acute or subacute, depending on where the foreign body lodges. Foreign bodies must be removed in the operating room with rigid bronchoscopy.