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Shrapnel in chest

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Immigrant. Cough.

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Heart size normal. Lungs clear.

Large number of fairly uniform 3 mm-sized metallic foci in the soft tissues of the left lower hemithorax.

Case Discussion

The typical appearance of retained shot (shrapnel) in the soft tissues of the chest.

This patient has previously been resident in a conflict zone.

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