Persistent cough in a 61-year-old male

A 4-year-old child with fever and persistent cough

Case report The presenting patient was a 4-year-old female who was hospitalised with fever and cough, which had persisted for the previous 2 months. There had been no prior respiratory symptomatology and the perinatal course had been uncomplicated. The patient was subsequently referred to the Dept of Pulmonary Medicine (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) after abnorma...

A 35-year-old male with chronic cough.

CASE REPORT A 35-yr-old male was examined in the outpatient clinic of the present authors’ department. He complained of a dry paroxysmal cough of indeterminate origin that he had noticed 3 months earlier. The cough was associated with a tickling feeling in the throat. There was no association between coughing flares and meals, nasal discharge, season, time of day or body posture. The patient di...

A 2-year-old male with persistent fever and pneumonia.

A 61-year-old female with chronic cough and purulent sputum.

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Tablet in the bronchus--an unusual cause for persistent cough in a 64 year old gentleman.

Foreign body aspiration in adults without any background risk factors is uncommon. We report a 64 year gentleman evaluated for persistent cough incidentally detected to have a foreign body (FB) in the left main bronchus (LMB), which after removal by rigid bronchoscopy turned out to be a tablet. This demonstrates the possible risk of silent aspiration of solid foreign bodies and in our case pres...