2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101416
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Pleural effusion as a rare presentation of foreign body aspiration

Abstract: Unsuspected, non-asphyxiating, aspirated foreign body often masquerades as unresolved pneumonia, bronchiolitis or bronchial asthma. We report herein an 82-year-old, male patient with pleural effusion. Although the patient received the diagnosis of heart failure and treatment with diuretics, the pleural effusion remained, and a productive cough and a low-grade fever developed. Thoracentesis showed an exudative effusion, and chest computed tomography revealed a pill-like object in the right bronchus intermedius.… Show more

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