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Norman Wolkove, MD, FRCP(C); Harvey Kreisman, MD; Carol Cohen, MD, FRCP(C); Harold Frank, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

JAMA. 1982;248(11):1350-1352.

Abstract
Foreign-body aspiration in the adult commonly results in proximal airway obstruction and acute life-threatening asphyxia. However, small foreign bodies that traverse the larynx are often asymptomatic initially and result in respiratory symptoms for weeks to years before diagnosis. We describe three patients in whom clinically important pulmonary sequelae developed after unrecognized foreign-body aspiration.

(JAMA 1982;248:1350-1352)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste Catherine Rd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2 (Dr Wolkove).

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