Delayed Detection of a Penetrating Tracheal Foreign Body / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 384-387, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-198858
ABSTRACT
The finding of a tracheal penetrating injury that's caused by a foreign body is rare in adulthood. A 42-year-old man had experienced penetrating trauma due to a glass fragment 10 years ago. He presented with blood tinged sputum and dyspnea on exertion, and this had developed 1 year previously. Chest CT scan and bronchoscopy revealed a foreign body crossing the tracheal lumen and the object arose from outside of the trachea; this was all associated with airway edema. We removed the foreign body, which was a 5cm length of glass fragment, and we repaired the tracheal defect using a simple primary suture. The postoperative course of the patient was uneventful and he is now being followed up at the outpatient department; he has had no additional symptoms.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Outpatients
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Sputum
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Sutures
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Tolnaftate
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Trachea
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Bronchoscopy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Dyspnea
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Edema
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Foreign Bodies
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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