Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years

It is very rare to have a big foreign body in the lungs without any complications or symptoms for 2 years. A 14-year-old male with episodes of minor hemoptysis for 4 weeks had a history of inhalation of a bullet 2 years earlier. He had asymptomatic for lung complications for 2 years. The bullet was...

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Autores principales: Salim, Muhammad U., Asghar, Asif, Tareen, Irum, Azhar, Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652366
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046
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description It is very rare to have a big foreign body in the lungs without any complications or symptoms for 2 years. A 14-year-old male with episodes of minor hemoptysis for 4 weeks had a history of inhalation of a bullet 2 years earlier. He had asymptomatic for lung complications for 2 years. The bullet was removed by right thoracotomy and non-anatomical wedge stapled resection, and he followed an uneventful recovery. An aspirated foreign body although big can remain asymptomatic for a long time, especially if it has migrated to the periphery.
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spelling pubmed-50753792016-10-31 Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years Salim, Muhammad U. Asghar, Asif Tareen, Irum Azhar, Muhammad Saudi Med J Case Report It is very rare to have a big foreign body in the lungs without any complications or symptoms for 2 years. A 14-year-old male with episodes of minor hemoptysis for 4 weeks had a history of inhalation of a bullet 2 years earlier. He had asymptomatic for lung complications for 2 years. The bullet was removed by right thoracotomy and non-anatomical wedge stapled resection, and he followed an uneventful recovery. An aspirated foreign body although big can remain asymptomatic for a long time, especially if it has migrated to the periphery. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5075379/ /pubmed/27652366 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title_full Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title_fullStr Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title_short Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: A bullet in the lung for 2 years
title_sort asymptomatic inhaled foreign body: a bullet in the lung for 2 years
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652366
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046
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