Migrating Pieces of Glass in the Pleural Cavity Causing Chronic Chest Pain: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.3.537
- Author:
Jong Chul KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital. jckim@cnuh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Children;
respiratory system Foreign bodies
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Chest Pain*;
Child;
Follow-Up Studies;
Glass*;
Humans;
Male;
Pleural Cavity*;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Thoracic Wall;
Thorax*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2000;42(3):537-539
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
A case in which broken pieces of glass are able to move freely in the pleural cav i t y without causing fatal or severe injury is very rare. I describe a case in which two pieces of glass which had penetrated the pleural cavity of a 14-year-old boy were surgically r e m ove d. Initial chest radiograph showed two crossed opacities in the right lateral chest wall around the minor fissure, while follow-up chest radiographs revealed mi-gration of a vertical piece of glass to the right lower lateral thorax and finally to the right lower medial thorax.