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A case of ciprofloxacin tablet aspiration
Yeliz Karakan1, Ayça Akpinar, Hikmet Yildiz
1Department of Chest Diseases, 25 Aralik State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey. yelizkarakan@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Foreign body aspirations occur among children more than adults and can cause life threatening complications. Acute respiratory failure due to foreign body aspiration in adults is a rare condition. We reported a 76-years-old woman who admitted to the emergency room with respiratory failure. The chest X-ray showed total collapse of the left lung. A ciprofloxacin tablet was observed and extracted during the bronchoscopy. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a ciprofloxacin tablet aspiration.
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