SPONTANEOUS ENDOBRONCHIAL EROSION AND EXPECTORATION OF A RETAINED INTRATHORACIC BULLET - CASE-REPORT
Title
SPONTANEOUS ENDOBRONCHIAL EROSION AND EXPECTORATION OF A RETAINED INTRATHORACIC BULLET - CASE-REPORT
Creator
Saunders M S; Cropp A J; Awad M
Publisher
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
Date
1992
1992-12
Description
In all four previously reported cases of endobronchial erosion from retained intrathoracic foreign objects, the object eventually required surgical removal. We report the case of a patient with a bullet in the left hemithorax who developed bronchial erosion and hemoptysis 3 months after the injury, with subsequent expectoration of the bullet. Although most foreign bodies within the thorax pose no special problems, migration of the object or the development of symptoms warrants investigation and possibly subsequent surgical removal of the object.
Subject
General & Internal Medicine; Surgery
Identifier
Format
Journal Article
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Pages
909-911
Issue
6
Volume
33
Citation
Saunders M S; Cropp A J; Awad M, “SPONTANEOUS ENDOBRONCHIAL EROSION AND EXPECTORATION OF A RETAINED INTRATHORACIC BULLET - CASE-REPORT,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 26, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/7006.