Occult lawn mower projectile injury presenting with hemoptysis

Patric J. Darvie, BS; David H. Ballard, MD; Nicholas Harris, MD; Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA; Vyas R. Rao, MD; Navdeep S. Samra, MD

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2017.08.007

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2017)

Occult lawn mower projectile injury presenting with hemoptysis

Patric J. Darvie, BS,
David H. Ballard, MD,
Nicholas Harris, MD,
Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA,
Vyas R. Rao, MD,
Navdeep S. Samra, MD

Affiliations

Patric J. Darvie, BS: School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
David H. Ballard, MD: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
Nicholas Harris, MD: Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Louisiana
Vyas R. Rao, MD: Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Navdeep S. Samra, MD: Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.08.007
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 4
pp. 678 – 681

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We present the case of a 72-year-old man with hemoptysis after a thoracic projectile injury, which occurred while mowing the lawn. Chest radiograph followed by a computed tomography angiogram revealed a metallic foreign body in the right middle lobe of the lung. The patient underwent a right anterolateral thoracotomy where the object was successfully retrieved. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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