TY - JOUR ID - 1913 TI - Unusual Presentation of Metallic Foreign Body Aspiration after Penetrating Neck Trauma JO - Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine JA - JCTM LA - en SN - 2345-2447 AU - Bagheri, Reza AU - Afghani, Reza AD - Thoracic Surgeon, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery & Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Fellowship of Thoracic Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery &Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 1 IS - 3 SP - 107 EP - 107 KW - Metallic Foreign Body KW - Neck KW - Penetrating Trauma KW - Trachea DO - 10.22038/jctm.2013.1913 N2 - A 25 year-old Construction worker underwent neck laceration following penetrating neck trauma in a falling incident. The 3rd tracheal ring was injured which was initially repaired and the patient was discharged in good general condition. (Figure 1 shows the patient’s neck view after discharge from hospital).Two months later the patient was again admitted due to provocative coughing and a metal foreign body was detected in his right main bronchus. (Figure 2 shows CXR of the patient and Figure 3 demonstrates CT scan of the same patient). Finally the patient underwent rigid bronchoscopy to remove the foreign body. (Figure 4 shows the foreign body after rigid bronchoscopy). UR - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_1913.html L1 - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_1913_0742415889a520e24b7f845b72fc1224.pdf ER -