Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy
A 68-year-old male with past medical history 84 pack year smoking history (quit in 2000), mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), adenocarcinoma of right upper lobe treated with surgery and chemoradiation, and melanoma resection in 2013 presented with a one-month history of cough with spu...
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| description | A 68-year-old male with past medical history 84 pack year smoking history (quit in 2000), mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), adenocarcinoma of right upper lobe treated with surgery and chemoradiation, and melanoma resection in 2013 presented with a one-month history of cough with sputum production and progressive dyspnea on exertion. He did not improve with standard treatment of antibiotics and steroids. He underwent flexible bronchoscopy that revealed an aspirated pill. This was successfully removed in the same session with the flexible bronchoscope. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0526e3e8b9924823b8c21cb992dfede82023-06-15T04:55:41ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712023-01-0145101881Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopyHaroon Ahmed0Ameenjamal Ahmed1Sarah Hadique2Corresponding author.; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USAA 68-year-old male with past medical history 84 pack year smoking history (quit in 2000), mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), adenocarcinoma of right upper lobe treated with surgery and chemoradiation, and melanoma resection in 2013 presented with a one-month history of cough with sputum production and progressive dyspnea on exertion. He did not improve with standard treatment of antibiotics and steroids. He underwent flexible bronchoscopy that revealed an aspirated pill. This was successfully removed in the same session with the flexible bronchoscope.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300712300076X |
| spellingShingle | Haroon Ahmed Ameenjamal Ahmed Sarah Hadique Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
| title | Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| title_full | Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| title_fullStr | Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| title_short | Melatonin aspiration: Treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| title_sort | melatonin aspiration treatment with flexible bronchoscopy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300712300076X |
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