1. Tetracycline Aspiration
- Author
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Thomsen Ge, Elliott Cg, and Sundar Km
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Bronchus ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Tetracycline ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,Endoscopy ,Surgery ,Stenosis ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Bronchoscopy ,medicine ,Foreign body ,Complication ,business ,Pneumonitis ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A 74-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of cough, dyspnea and wheezing following aspiration of a tetracycline tablet. She developed a left lower lobe pneumonitis, and bronchoscopy revealed left main bronchus narrowing and exudate. The course of this patient is discussed in reference to the available literature on toxic aspirations.
- Published
- 2001