Bronchial Foreign Body Aspiration Due to Polycarbophil Calcium

Polycarbophil calcium (Polyful®; Mylan, Tokyo, Japan) is a stool stabilizer that absorbs liquid and swells to form a soft, bulky mass. A 75-year-old woman experienced sore throat and difficulty breathing immediately after taking the drug. Chest computed tomography showed a foreign body in the right...

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Published in:Internal Medicine 2021/10/15, Vol.60(20), pp.3295-3297
Main Authors: Tsuchiya, Takehiro, Sano, Atsushi, Kaneko, Mai, Mizutani, Satomi, Fukuda, Tsutomu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bronchial aspiration
bronchial foreign body
Bronchoscopy
Bronchus
Calcium
Case Report
complication
Computed tomography
Foreign bodies
Internal medicine
Pharyngitis
polycarbophil calcium
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Summary:Polycarbophil calcium (Polyful®; Mylan, Tokyo, Japan) is a stool stabilizer that absorbs liquid and swells to form a soft, bulky mass. A 75-year-old woman experienced sore throat and difficulty breathing immediately after taking the drug. Chest computed tomography showed a foreign body in the right intermediate bronchus. Bronchoscopy showed a white mass blocking the right intermediate bronchus. Since the mass was very fragile, we performed suctioning while breaking up the mass with a suction tube. The mass consisted of polycarbophil calcium. Since aspirated polycarbophil calcium swells and can obstruct bronchi, complete removal is crucial.
ISSN:0918-2918
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DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.7030-21