Foreign body aspiration pneumonia in an intravenous drug user

Foreign body aspiration pneumonia in an intravenous drug user

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Heroin use is associated with several well described respiratory complications, including noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, aspiration Fig 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 Hair Color Touch Up progressive dyspnea, hypoxia, and left lung consolidation.