Antidiarrheal pill in the airway.
Viswesvaran BalasubramanianJuvva Kishan SrikanthNitesh GuptaPublished in: Advances in respiratory medicine (2021)
Pill aspiration depicts an unusual type of foreign body aspiration necessitating a discrete diagnostic and therapeutic approach.1 Some pills may remain intact in the endobronchial tree for many years without causing much harm, whereas others may dissolve2 The clinical outcomes may also vary, from an asymptomatic granuloma to severe, life-threatening airway complications, depending upon the chemical properties of the pill. We report a compelling case of pill aspiration in a healthy patient.