Accidental foreign body aspiration (seamstress needle)

Case contributed by Domenico Nicoletti , 20 May 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Domenico Nicoletti, 20 May 2020

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Presentation was changed:
Accidental ingestion of a pinNeedle accidental aspiration during sewing.

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Findings was changed:

Surgical therapy

Resection anterior basal anterior segment of the left lower left lobe.

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Findings was changed:

Rx chest and abdomen

In the antero-basalanterior basal segment of the left lower left lobe there is a needle. Pneumothorax is not detectable.

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