@article{ref1,
title="Case report of tracheobronchial injuries after acid ingestion: CT findings with serial follow-up: Airway complication after acid ingestion",
journal="Medicine (Baltimore)",
year="2020",
author="Kim, Nokjung and Lee, Han Na and Kim, Jung Im and Shin, So Youn and Kang, Sung Wook",
volume="99",
number="50",
pages="e23586-e23586",
abstract="RATIONALE: Tracheobronchial injury from acid ingestion is a less reported clinical presentation than injury of the gastrointestinal tract, but it can occur due to direct exposure from acid aspiration and cause fatal complications. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 43-year-old man presented to the emergency department after ingesting nitric acid complaining of chest pain and dyspnea. DIAGNOSES: The initial chest computed tomography (CT) images revealed an acute lung injury related to acid aspiration. The follow-up chest CT showed acute and late tracheobronchial injures. INTERVENTIONS: Bronchoscopy showed deep caustic airway injuries consisting of hemorrhage, sloughing of the mucosa, and ulceration of the trachea and left-side bronchial tree. OUTCOMES: Progressive narrowing of the left main bronchus with total collapse of the left lung occurred as a late complication of acid ingestion. LESSONS: Tracheobronchial injury should be considered in cases of aspiration pneumonia after acid ingestion; chest CT can be used to detect and assess acute and late complications of tracheobronchial injuries.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-7974",
doi="10.1097/MD.0000000000023586",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000023586"
}