Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2007 May;40(5):384-387.
Delayed Detection of a Penetrating Tracheal Foreign Body
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. chkang@snuh.org
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- The finding of a tracheal penetrating injury that's caused by a foreign body is rare in adulthood. A 42-year-old man had experienced penetrating trauma due to a glass fragment 10 years ago. He presented with blood tinged sputum and dyspnea on exertion, and this had developed 1 year previously. Chest CT scan and bronchoscopy revealed a foreign body crossing the tracheal lumen and the object arose from outside of the trachea; this was all associated with airway edema. We removed the foreign body, which was a 5cm length of glass fragment, and we repaired the tracheal defect using a simple primary suture. The postoperative course of the patient was uneventful and he is now being followed up at the outpatient department; he has had no additional symptoms.
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