Aluminum "Pop Tops"

Burrington, John D.

doi:10.1001/jama.1976.03260500030022

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“…Although pull tabs of aluminum beverage cans are unusual foreign bodies, they have been reported in both pediatric and adult populations. 6,7 Esophageal impaction may be suspected clinically from difficulty in swallowing and retrosternal discomfort. 8 Management of this clinical condition should include inspection of the oropharynx and radiography of the neck and chest if the foreign body is thought to be radio-opaque.…”

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Radiolucent metallic foreign body: a case report

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Kamal Osman Hassan,

Issa

et al. 2023

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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A 13-year-old boy who accidentally ingested an aluminum beverage can pull tab. Neck and chest radiographs did not reveal any ingested foreign body. This case report illustrates poor negative predictive value of conventional radiographs for a suspected aluminum foreign body and demonstrates superiority of CT for this purpose. In such presentations, it is imperative to have a low threshold for performing further diagnostic evaluation with CT due to the relatively high radiolucency of aluminum.

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Radiolucent metallic foreign body: a case report

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Kamal Osman Hassan,

Issa

et al. 2023

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…Interestingly, the design change from pull- to stay-tabs has potentially affected the patient population at risk. The eldest of seven patients described in a 1976 case series of tab ingestions and aspirations (prior to the advent of the stay-tab) was two years old [10]. In contrast, the majority of patients in a 2010 study of inadvertent ingestion were teenagers [3].…”

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“…during the pull-tab period, two out the three reported aspirations occurred in infants [10]. Despite the small sample size, following the introduction of the stay-tab design, there have been no reported cases of aspiration in children.…”

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“…From a product design standpoint, this may indicate the successful mitigation of a pediatric safety hazard and resultant change in the population comprising aspiration of beverage can tabs. Of the described instances of beverage can tab aspiration, one was found at the glottis, one at the carina, and the remainder within the bronchi [1, 4, 8, 10]. …”

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Aspiration of Aluminum Beverage Can Tab: Case Report and Literature Review

Elghouche

Lobo

Ting

2017

Case Reports in Otolaryngology

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We describe the case of a 16-year-old male who aspirated a beverage can tab resulting in significant functional impairment. Since the introduction of beverage can opening tabs (“pop-tops” or “pull-tabs”) nearly 50 years ago, five cases of their aspiration have been reported in the literature and this is the first case to report tracheal lodgment. We describe the clinical course for this patient including the inadequacy of radiographic evaluation and a significant delay in diagnosis. We highlight unique features of small aluminum foreign bodies that require consideration and mention a potential change in epidemiology associated with evolving product design. Our primary objective is increased awareness among otolaryngologists that radiography is unreliable for diagnosis or localization of small aluminum foreign bodies. The patient history must therefore be incorporated with other imaging modalities and/or endoscopic evaluation. Also, given the marked prevalence of aluminum beverage cans, we suspect that the inadvertent aspiration of can tabs is more common than indicated by the paucity of published reports.

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'Foil Tab' Aspiration and Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Toddler

Ross¹

1988

JAMA

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Aluminum "Pop Tops"

Cited by 27 publications

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Radiolucent metallic foreign body: a case report

Radiolucent metallic foreign body: a case report

Aspiration of Aluminum Beverage Can Tab: Case Report and Literature Review

'Foil Tab' Aspiration and Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Toddler

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