Presentation
Assault, stab wound to thorax. Haemodynamically unstable.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Foreign body - knife in liver
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A metallic density blade overlies the liver. There is a right-sided chest tube, and likely a second catheter overlying right midlung. Endotracheal tube within the right mainstem bronchus near the origin.
Case Discussion
The detached knife blade was lodged in the liver (not visible externally).
Diagnosis was delayed because this density was presumed to be external to patient.
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