Multivitamin pill aspiration leading to hemorrhagic bronchial necrosis

Mario Tamburrini; T K Jayalakshmi; Dipesh Maskey; Nirupam Sharan; Deda Guiseppe; Umberto Zuccon

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100944

Multivitamin pill aspiration leading to hemorrhagic bronchial necrosis

Respir Med Case Rep. 2019 Oct 14:28:100944. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100944. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Mario Tamburrini¹, T K Jayalakshmi², Dipesh Maskey³, Nirupam Sharan⁴, Deda Guiseppe¹, Umberto Zuccon¹

Affiliations

¹ AAS5 Friuli occidentale, Pordenone, Italy.
² Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, India.
³ NH Narayana Speciality Hospital, Raipur, India.
⁴ The Happy Lungs, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Abstract

This article highlights the serious but reversible effects of multivitamin pill aspiration into the lungs. If diagnosed early and treated promptly the harmful effects of the pill constituents on the lungs and airways can be attenuated. An early bronchoscopy and a high index of suspicion is required in order not to miss these events. We have described a case of multivitamin pill aspiration in a young healthy male and the good response to early intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports