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Foreign body ingestion (FoBI) is an important source of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at increased risk of FoBI, likely due to the known association between ID and increased rates of pica. In this report, we present the case of a 15-year-old female patient with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ID who presented to the emergency department with fever, drooling, and respiratory failure. She required intubation for airway management. A diagnosis of FoBI was made aft
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