Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms

Aspiration of a foreign body into the tracheobronchial tree is rare in adults. In the majority of these cases there is an underlying condition such as mental retardation, depressed mental status, impairment in the swallowing reflex, neurological impairment, alcohol or sedative abuse, or complication...

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Main Authors:	Jennifer C. Kam, Vikram Doraiswamy, Javier F. Dieguez, Joan Dabu, Matthew Cholankeril, Mayur Govind, Richard Miller, Marc Adelman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/317104

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spelling	doaj-be4518dfb1cd41b9b577795cc4b2e7b22020-11-24T22:55:24ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352013-01-01201310.1155/2013/317104317104Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like SymptomsJennifer C. Kam0Vikram Doraiswamy1Javier F. Dieguez2Joan Dabu3Matthew Cholankeril4Mayur Govind5Richard Miller6Marc Adelman7Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20037, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07102, USAAspiration of a foreign body into the tracheobronchial tree is rare in adults. In the majority of these cases there is an underlying condition such as mental retardation, depressed mental status, impairment in the swallowing reflex, neurological impairment, alcohol or sedative abuse, or complications from dental manipulations that contributed to the aspiration. These patients are commonly misdiagnosed with asthma and typically do not respond to mainstay anti-inflammatory and/or bronchodilator therapy. We describe the case of a patient with a foreign body aspiration in the upper trachea not recognized by radiographic studies that presented with asthma-type symptoms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/317104
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author	Jennifer C. Kam Vikram Doraiswamy Javier F. Dieguez Joan Dabu Matthew Cholankeril Mayur Govind Richard Miller Marc Adelman
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author_facet	Jennifer C. Kam Vikram Doraiswamy Javier F. Dieguez Joan Dabu Matthew Cholankeril Mayur Govind Richard Miller Marc Adelman
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title	Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms
title_short	Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms
title_full	Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms
title_fullStr	Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms
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publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Medicine
issn	1687-9627 1687-9635
publishDate	2013-01-01
description	Aspiration of a foreign body into the tracheobronchial tree is rare in adults. In the majority of these cases there is an underlying condition such as mental retardation, depressed mental status, impairment in the swallowing reflex, neurological impairment, alcohol or sedative abuse, or complications from dental manipulations that contributed to the aspiration. These patients are commonly misdiagnosed with asthma and typically do not respond to mainstay anti-inflammatory and/or bronchodilator therapy. We describe the case of a patient with a foreign body aspiration in the upper trachea not recognized by radiographic studies that presented with asthma-type symptoms.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/317104
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Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms

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