title: [Case report: removing the press through package (PTP) containing a tablet from the subglottic region].
abstract: A 58-year-old female patient was prescribed different drugs in both tablet and powder form and inadvertently ingested the tablet along with its press through package (PTP), which thus became lodged in the subglottic region. An emergency operation was then performed to remove this foreign material, under neuroleptic anesthesia, and the foreign material was removed successfully. Furthermore, no abnormal findings, such as enlarged vocal cords, were noted. Vocal cord granuloma developed three months after the operation but it improved after conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-1193.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ajimi
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Toshiyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D004329:Droperidol; D004349:Drug Packaging; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005283:Fentanyl; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D005931:Glottis / Q000601:surgery*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013607:Tablets / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014827:Vocal Cords
chemical_list: D013607:Tablets; D004329:Droperidol; D005283:Fentanyl