An uncommon mimic of an acute asthma exacerbation.
Foreign body aspiration in adults has a variety of clinical presentations and often goes unrecognized. We describe the case of a patient who experienced crack cocaine aspiration and presented with symptoms of an acute asthma exacerbation requiring mechanical ventilation until the eventual diagnosis and bronchoscopic removal of the foreign body.
Zaas
David
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Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Brock
Malcolm
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Yang
Stephen
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Sylvester
J T
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001980:Bronchi; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008297:Male; D014132:Trachea
D016578:Crack Cocaine