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 inInternal Medicine Vol. 60; no. 20; pp. 3295 - 3297
Main Authors Tsuchiya, Takehiro, Sano, Atsushi, Kaneko, Mai, Mizutani, Satomi, Fukuda, Tsutomu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.10.2021
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
bronchial aspiration
bronchial foreign body
Bronchoscopy
Bronchus
Calcium
Case Report
complication
Computed tomography
Foreign bodies
Internal medicine
Pharyngitis
polycarbophil calcium
bronchial foreign body
bronchial aspiration
complication
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.
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Correspondence to Dr.　Takehiro Tsuchiya, tatsuchiya-ths@umin.ac.jp
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.7030-21