title: Aspirated stoma button: an unusual complication.
abstract: The larynx functions as a protective valve of the upper airway. An end-tracheostomy represents a risk factor for foreign body aspiration. We describe a case of tracheostomy stoma button aspiration, leading to recurrent chest infection and irreversible lung damage, necessitating a pneumonectomy. This is the first reported case of this kind. This case also emphasizes the importance of patient education and of stoma button design.
authors.affiliation: Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. Nsanjo@AOL.COM
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanjeevan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D054047:Surgical Stomas / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*