Aspiration pneumonia in a mentally handicapped patient due to a foreign body impacted in the pharynx: a near fatal outcome.
A case is reported of a mentally handicapped women with dysphagia caused by a foreign body impacted in the pharynx. The case illustrates a potential pitfall in the management of patients who are unable to communicate either verbally or in writing and who present with acute dysphagia.
Asgarali
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ENT Department, Walton Hospital, Liverpool.
Nandapalan
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V
Phillips
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D
Osunuga
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O
D000293:Adolescent; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D010614:Pharynx; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*