Surgical Management for Incidental Finding of an Intrapulmonary Foreign Body : A case report.
- Author:
Moo Sung KO
1
;
Sub LEE
;
Ki Sung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. kspark69@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Foreign bodies;
Needles;
Lung
- MeSH:
Female;
Fibrosis;
Foreign Bodies*;
Humans;
Incidental Findings*;
Lung;
Needles;
Thorax;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2006;39(3):248-250
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 48-years-old woman was visited to our hospital because of incidental finding of intrapulmonary foreign body. Chest X-ray showed a 4cm sized foreign body in left upper lung field without adjacent fibrosis. Chest CT showed a sewing needle shaped foreign body of metallic density, located in the left upper lobe. The foreign bodies including the needle were removed surgically using a wedge resection. The extracted needle was divided into three 4 cm pieces. Patient was discharged without other respiratory symptoms after surgery. We report a case of wedge resection in a patient with intrapulmonary needle in the left upper lobe, with review of literatures.
