Spontaneous endobroncheal erosion of a bullet - an uncommon presentation of gunshot trauma in remote past
Annals of King Edward Medical College. 2005; 11 (3): 346-347
in English
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ABSTRACT
A case of unknown bullet trauma to the lung, in remote past, presented with hemoptysis which was mislabeled as hematemesis. Once labeled, a number of physicians, one after the other, kept on treating her for that symptom. She also consulted a number of specialties and was treated for reflux esophagitis, tuberculosis etc. Meanwhile her x-ray chest revealed a foreign body which was treated as an artifact first, and proved to be a bullet on CT scan. Thoracotomy had to be performed to remove the pathologic right lower lobe of lung
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pneumonectomy
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Tuberculosis
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Wounds, Gunshot
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Thoracotomy
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Esophagitis, Peptic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Hematemesis
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Forensic Ballistics
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Hemoptysis
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann. King Edward Med. Coll.
Year:
2005
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