Management of an ingested fish bone in the lung using video-assist thoracic surgery: a case report

Release time:2016-04-26

Journal:Medicine (Baltimore).

Abstract:We report a case of lung abscess caused by an ingested fish bone that was successfully treated by minimally invasive surgery. Although cases of ingested foreign body abscess are well reported, lung abscess caused by ingested fish bone is extremely rare. To date, less than 10 similar cases have been reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, the case presented in this case report is the first report of this kind that was successfully treated by video-assist thoracic surgery (VATS). A 47-year-old man was admitted to department of thoracic surgery with the complaint of continues

Note:dry cough and fever. The patient accidentally swallowed a long sharp-blade-shaped fish bone 20 days before, which perforated the upper thoracic esophagus on the right and embedded in the right upper lobe.The diagnosis was verified by computed tomography scan and a video-assist thoracic surgery procedure was successfully performed to treat the patient. The patient survived the esophageal perforation fortunately without involvement of great vessel injury and probable mediastinitis.

Co-author:Yu F., Peng M, Tan S, Tan S

Indexed by:Applied Research

Discipline:临床医学

Document Type:J

Issue:2015 Jun;94(22):

Page Number:e943

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