Unusual Presentation of Metallic Foreign Body Aspiration after Penetrating Neck Trauma

• Main Authors: Reza Bagheri, Reza Afghani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2013-11-01
• Series: Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
• Subjects: Metallic Foreign Body; Neck; Penetrating Trauma; Trachea
• Online Access: http://jctm.mums.ac.ir/?_action=showPDF&article=1913&_ob=61c09d08cb4a595237684f9ba4eb4628&fileName=full_text.pdf

A 25 year-old Construction worker underwent neck laceration following penetrating neck trauma in a falling incident. The 3rd tracheal ring was injured which was initially repaired and the patient was discharged in good general condition. (Figure 1 shows the patient’s neck view after discharge from hospital).Two months later the patient was again admitted due to provocative coughing and a metal foreign body was detected in his right main bronchus. (Figure 2 shows CXR of the patient and Figure 3 demonstrates CT scan of the same patient). Finally the patient underwent rigid bronchoscopy to remove the foreign body. (Figure 4 shows the foreign body after rigid bronchoscopy).