Foreign bodies in the torax
Background. Metallic foreign bodies in the lung could be recognized using radiography. Non-metallic foreign bodies make difficulties because they are not as dense as metals. The aim of this report was to present the case of nonmetallic foreign bodies in the lung. Case report. A soldier of the Federa...
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Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia
2007-01-01
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| author | Ćerimagić Zenaida Guska Safet Kadić Kenan Banjanović Bedrudin |
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| description | Background. Metallic foreign bodies in the lung could be recognized using radiography. Non-metallic foreign bodies make difficulties because they are not as dense as metals. The aim of this report was to present the case of nonmetallic foreign bodies in the lung. Case report. A soldier of the Federation Army of Bosnia and Hertzegovina, injured in the explosion in 1998 was presented. The soldier was subjected to thoracic drainage and surgery tretment of the wound. After one year, the pulmologist treated him with tuberculostatics because of hemoptysis and pulmonary infiltration shown by a radiogram. This therapy had no effects, and the pulmologist presented this case to the thoracic surgeon who made thoracotomy removing a piece of wood (13 × 2 × 0.7 cm), 20 different-size pieces of wood, and a piece of textile from the lung. Conclusion. Patients with penetrating explosive lung injuries without metallic foreign bodies shown by a radiogram, with complications as hemoptisis, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, obstruction of the bronchus, chronic pneumonia should be subjected to thoracotomy for removing suspected foreign bodies without resecting the lung. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e2155b822ba4983b5504a6f1a74d72f2022-12-22T01:52:24ZengMilitary Health Department, Ministry of Defance, SerbiaVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502007-01-01641616310.2298/VSP0701061CForeign bodies in the toraxĆerimagić ZenaidaGuska SafetKadić KenanBanjanović BedrudinBackground. Metallic foreign bodies in the lung could be recognized using radiography. Non-metallic foreign bodies make difficulties because they are not as dense as metals. The aim of this report was to present the case of nonmetallic foreign bodies in the lung. Case report. A soldier of the Federation Army of Bosnia and Hertzegovina, injured in the explosion in 1998 was presented. The soldier was subjected to thoracic drainage and surgery tretment of the wound. After one year, the pulmologist treated him with tuberculostatics because of hemoptysis and pulmonary infiltration shown by a radiogram. This therapy had no effects, and the pulmologist presented this case to the thoracic surgeon who made thoracotomy removing a piece of wood (13 × 2 × 0.7 cm), 20 different-size pieces of wood, and a piece of textile from the lung. Conclusion. Patients with penetrating explosive lung injuries without metallic foreign bodies shown by a radiogram, with complications as hemoptisis, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, obstruction of the bronchus, chronic pneumonia should be subjected to thoracotomy for removing suspected foreign bodies without resecting the lung.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2007/0042-84500701061C.pdfthoracic injuriesforeign bodieswoodthoracic surgical procedures |
| spellingShingle | Ćerimagić Zenaida Guska Safet Kadić Kenan Banjanović Bedrudin Foreign bodies in the torax Vojnosanitetski Pregled thoracic injuries foreign bodies wood thoracic surgical procedures |
| title | Foreign bodies in the torax |
| title_full | Foreign bodies in the torax |
| title_fullStr | Foreign bodies in the torax |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign bodies in the torax |
| title_short | Foreign bodies in the torax |
| title_sort | foreign bodies in the torax |
| topic | thoracic injuries foreign bodies wood thoracic surgical procedures |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2007/0042-84500701061C.pdf |
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