Unusual finding on bronchoscopy: trauma patient identified as a body stuffer

Candace Chang; Aimee Grush; Dana E McClintock; Payam Nahid; Julin F Tang

doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.05.015

Unusual finding on bronchoscopy: trauma patient identified as a body stuffer

J Clin Anesth. 2006 Dec;18(8):628-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.05.015.

Authors

Candace Chang¹, Aimee Grush, Dana E McClintock, Payam Nahid, Julin F Tang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Care, and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Box 3C38, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

PMID: 17175436
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.05.015

Abstract

We present the case of a trauma patient whose persistently abnormal chest radiography led to exploratory bronchoscopy. After the discovery of a foreign body in the right lower lobe bronchus, an attempted retrieval resulted in accidental perforation of a cocaine bag and release of the drug, which may have been the cause of the patient's subsequent pneumonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchoscopy / methods*
Cocaine* / urine
Fever / complications
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
Foreign Bodies / therapy
Humans
Illicit Drugs* / urine
Inhalation
Male
Mucus
Plastics
Pneumonia / chemically induced
Pneumonia, Aspiration / complications
Quadriplegia / etiology
Radiography, Thoracic / methods
Spinal Cord Injuries / etiology
Spinal Fractures / complications
Surgical Instruments
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Vasoconstrictor Agents* / urine
Wounds, Gunshot / complications*

Substances

Illicit Drugs
Plastics
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Cocaine