Foreign body aspiration pneumonia in an intravenous drug user

Foreign body aspiration pneumonia in an intravenous drug user

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Heroin use grappling hook is associated with several well described respiratory complications, including noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, aspiration pneumonitis, acute respiratory distress syndrome,pneumonia, lung abscess, septic pulmonary emboli, and atelectasis.We describe an interesting case of a young female patient, an intravenous heroin user who presented with progressive Vests dyspnea, hypoxia, and left lung consolidation.