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Accidental condom inhalation.

C L Arya¹, Rajnish Gupta, V K Arora

¹Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, India.

The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences

|February 12, 2004

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A persistent cough and fever in a young woman was caused by an inhaled condom. Bronchoscopic removal resolved the foreign body, highlighting a rare cause of respiratory symptoms.

Area of Science:

Medicine
Pulmonology
Medical Case Reports

Background:

Persistent respiratory symptoms like cough, sputum, and fever can stem from various causes, including infections and foreign body aspiration.
Foreign body aspiration into the tracheobronchial tree is uncommon in adults but can lead to significant morbidity if undiagnosed.

Observation:

A 27-year-old female presented with a six-month history of persistent cough, sputum, and fever, unresponsive to antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis treatment.
Chest radiography revealed right upper lobe collapse-consolidation.
Videobronchoscopy identified an unusual inverted bag-like structure within the right upper lobe bronchus.

Findings:

Rigid bronchoscopic removal successfully extracted the foreign body, which was identified as a condom.

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Implications:

This case underscores the importance of considering rare foreign bodies in the differential diagnosis of persistent respiratory symptoms in adults.
Accidental aspiration, even in unusual circumstances, can mimic chronic infections and necessitate advanced diagnostic procedures like bronchoscopy.
Successful bronchoscopic removal offers a definitive treatment for such rare presentations, preventing potential complications like post-obstructive pneumonia or bronchiectasis.