J Korean Radiol Soc.  2000 Mar;42(3):537-539. 10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.3.537.

Migrating Pieces of Glass in the Pleural Cavity Causing Chronic Chest Pain: A Case Report

• Kim JC

• KMID: 2103548
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.3.537

Abstract

A case in which broken pieces of glass are able to move freely in the pleural cav i t y without causing fatal or severe injury is very rare. I describe a case in which two pieces of glass which had penetrated the pleural cavity of a 14-year-old boy were surgically r e m ove d. Initial chest radiograph showed two crossed opacities in the right lateral chest wall around the minor fissure, while follow-up chest radiographs revealed mi-gration of a vertical piece of glass to the right lower lateral thorax and finally to the right lower medial thorax.

Keyword

Children; respiratory system Foreign bodies

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Chest Pain*
Child
Follow-Up Studies
Glass*
Humans
Male
Pleural Cavity*
Radiography, Thoracic
Thoracic Wall
Thorax*