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Austin J Clin Case Rep. 2019; 6(1): 1139.
Foreign Body Aspiration as a Cause of Hemoptysis
Almeida S*, Valentim M, Neto C, Cerol M, Gameiro A and Cabrita M
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Portugal
*Corresponding author: Almeida S, Avenida Bernardo Santareno, Santarém, Portugal
Received: January 30, 2019; Accepted: February 11, 2019; Published: February 18, 2019
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A 55-year-old female with no previous significant medical history was admitted to the emergency department presenting hemoptoic cough for the last 2 days.
On presentation she was tachypneic (22 breaths/min), with mild hypoxaemia (95% oxygen saturation on room air) and with abolished murmur in the lower right hemithorax. Her complete blood count (white blood cell 7.4 X 109/L, hemoglobin 13.7 g/dL, platelet 211 X 109/L) and C reacting protein (0.19 mg/dL) were normal, but the thoracic X-ray showed atelectasis of the lower right lung.
The suspection of a lung neoplasm motivated the performance of a CT scan that showed signs of a chronic inflammatory process (Figure 1).
She underwent bronchoscopy for definitive diagnosis, and the procedure revealed the presence of a foreign body that was removed (Figure 2) without complications.
After bronchoscopy, the patient’s symptoms improved rapidly and she was discharged.
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