Chronic impalement- Case report of a knitting needle 33 years’ ascension

BACKGROUND: We report the case of a 72-year-old female complaining of hemoptysis due to a thoracic-abdominal knitting needle inserted 33 years ago for self-induced abortion. CASE PRESENTATION: The PA/LL chest x-ray showed a metallic foreign body on thorax extending into the abdomen. An CT examinatio...

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Autores principales: Pop, Marian, Suciu, Bogdan Andrei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27473570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0511-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27473570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0511-2

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