Transthoracic Migration of a Foreign Body into the Diaphragm from the Gunshot Injury and Its Management in a Child: A Case Report
Intrapleural foreign bodies (FB) are rare and uncommon, while diaphragmatic FB secondary to gunshot injury in a child is still rarer. We now describe a 9-year-old male with a history of self-inflicted accidental air gun injury on the right side of the midline of the sternum with transthoracic migrat...
Main Authors: | Klein Dantis, Pranay Suresh Mehsare, Subrata Kumar Singha, Nilesh Gupta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2022-07-01
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Series: | The Surgery Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1756198 |
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