[Patient with COPD after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with cough and subfebrile temperature].

HISTORY AND ADMISSION FINDINGS: A 53-year-old male presents with progressive cough and subfebrile temperatures with a history of COPD and post one-year allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

EXAMINATIONS: No pathogenic agent was identified in virological and microbiological diagnostic testings of sputum. At bronchoscopy a half peanut was retrieved from the right main bronchus.

TREATMENT AND COURSE: After recovery of the peanut the patient's symptoms immediately improved.

CONCLUSIONS

Even in adults, with high risk of infectious pneumonia a foreign body aspiration should be considered if pulmonary symptoms worsen.