Metallic foreign body in the lung: a case report
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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
Published on: September 11, 2018
1Department of Anaesthesiology, BYL Nair Hospital & TN Medical College, Mumbai, India. nandini_dave@rediffmail.com
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|July 10, 2007
Abstract:
We present the case of an 11-year-old girl with a history of needle ingestion. Radiological investigations revealed that the foreign body had migrated into the lung parenchyma. We report the use of fluoroscopy and thoracoscopy to aid localization and facilitate removal of a metallic foreign body in the thorax.
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