Aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel biopsy.
The use of peroral small bowel biopsies has been shown to be a safe and effective procedure, useful in the diagnostic evaluation of malabsorption and other intestinal pathology. This report describes a young man who aspirated a small bowel biopsy capsule as part of an investigation of malabsorption. Forty-eight hours after this episode, he developed pneumonia. In this context, the literature of complications from small bowel biopsies is reviewed.
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Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001980:Bronchi; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography