Foreign bodies and hemoptysis: about danger of ingesting blister-wrapped tablets
Bosson, V.; Schnyder, J.-M.; Tschopp, J.-M.
Revue Medicale Suisse 7(290): 798-801
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 21595309 Document Number: 652316
A case of hemoptysis may be challenging for clinicians because of the many etiologies involved in this differential diagnosis. Sometimes the cause of this symptom may be very surprising. We present a case of hemoptysis due to ingestion of a blister. This case illustrates the difficulties of identifying rare causes of hemoptysis, especially blister ingestion frequently occurring in old and neurological or cognitive impaired patients.