Purpose: Foreign body aspiration is usually seen in childhood but can occur at anyage. Complete or partial obstruction of the main bronchial system causes differentfindings and death can result if emergency treatment is not given. We analysed thepatients treated for foreign body aspiration in our clinic.Materials and methods: Twenty-five patients in whom foreign body was suspectedwere evaluated retrospectively between January 2003 and December 2007. All ofthe patients were examined in terms of age, sex, initial presenting complaint, othercomplaints, arrival time, social-economic levels, physical examination and radiologic findings, and localisation and nature of the foreign body.Results: Of the patients 16 were male and 9 were female. The range of age was 6months to 66 years, and mean age was 18. The most common complaint was unexpected coughing in symptomatic patients. Other frequent symptoms were respiratorydistress and wheezing. A small amount of the patients came from rural areas andwere of low social-economic status. A large number of the patients presented in thefirst 24 h. Half of the patients had positive physical examination findings. Eightpatients had positive posteroanterior chest roentgenograms although they did nothave any physical examination findings. Of the foreign bodies 15 were organic and9 were inorganic.Conclusion: This study reports that foreign body aspiration is important in adults aswell as in children, and radiologic findings with physical examination are of greatimportance in the evaluation of these patients.