A press-through-pack in the larynx.
A case of a 96-year-old male with a foreign body in the larynx is reported. The foreign body was a press-through-pack (PTP), a plastic packing for medicine, 16 mm x 16 mm x 3 mm in size. The PTP was safely removed from the larynx under general anesthesia.
Kumagai
M
M
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Ikeda
K
K
Oshima
T
T
Nakatsuka
S
S
Takasaka
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004349:Drug Packaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male