title: A press-through-pack in the larynx.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaka
mesh_terms: 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