Aspiration pneumonitis following papain enzyme treatment for oesophageal meat impaction

S Maini; M Rudralingam; H Zeitoun; J E Osbourne

doi:10.1258/0022215011908306

Aspiration pneumonitis following papain enzyme treatment for oesophageal meat impaction

J Laryngol Otol. 2001 Jul;115(7):585-6. doi: 10.1258/0022215011908306.

Authors

S Maini¹, M Rudralingam, H Zeitoun, J E Osbourne

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, UK.

PMID: 11485597
DOI: 10.1258/0022215011908306

Abstract

We report a case of aspiration pneumonitis following the use of papain enzyme in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with meat impacted in his oesophagus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Esophagus*
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / drug therapy
Humans
Male
Meat
Papain / adverse effects*
Pneumonia, Aspiration / etiology*

Substances

Papain