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Pulmonary microcrystalline cellulose deposition from intravenous injection of oral medication in a patient receiving parenteral nutrition
Author(s) -
Ott MC,
Khoor A,
Scolapio JS,
Leventhal JP
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/014860710302700191
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , codeine , bronchoscopy , microcrystalline cellulose , catheter , parenchyma , radiology , anesthesia , surgery , cellulose , pathology , morphine , chemical engineering , engineering
A 50‐year‐old man who had been dependent on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for 24 years presented with shortness of breath. A computed tomography scan of the lungs revealed a diffuse micronodular parenchymal infiltrate. On bronchoscopy, a crystalloid material was identified. This organic material was determined to be consistent with codeine. The patient had been injecting codeine into his intravenous catheter.