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Case Reports
. 1997 Dec;183(4):293-5.
doi: 10.1620/tjem.183.293.

A press-through-pack in the larynx

M Kumagai  1 , K Ikeda, T Oshima, S Nakatsuka, T Takasaka
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Case Reports

A press-through-pack in the larynx

M Kumagai et al. Tohoku J Exp Med. 1997 Dec.
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Abstract

A case of a 96-year-old male with a foreign body in the larynx is reported. The foreign body was a press-through-pack (PTP), a plastic packing for medicine, 16 mm x 16 mm x 3 mm in size. The PTP was safely removed from the larynx under general anesthesia.

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