Migration of Schrapnel From Lung to Bronchus

Bogedain, William

doi:10.1001/jama.1984.03340380044021

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“…1 The literature is replete with anecdotal examples of foreign bodies that have migrated from their original locations. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] These have included reports of erosion into bronchi, [4][5][6] as well as one incident of probable erosion into the bladder. 7 No suggestion of erosion and subsequent migration into bowel has ever appeared in the literature.…”

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Presumed Migration Of An Intra-Abdominal Copper Fragment

Balthazar¹,

Samra²,

Wigle³

2015

AMSRJ

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Presumed Migration Of An Intra-Abdominal Copper Fragment

Balthazar¹,

Samra²,

Wigle³

2015

AMSRJ

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“…Complications of retained foreign bodies (predominantly ballistic injury) are anecdotal and include delayed erosion and arteriovenous malformations, 16–19 and not necessarily pulmonary embolism. These case reports of delayed complications were at 7, 30, 38, and 64 years after initial injury.…”

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Pulmonary Arterial Embolization of Pacemaker Lead Electrode Tip

Eckart

Hruczkowski

Landzberg

et al. 2006

Pacing Clinical Electrophis

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Complications with extraction of abundant endovascular systems increase with time since implantation. As the number of implanted devices increases, successful management of complications needs to be disseminated. We present a 46-year-old woman with endovascular leads placed 15 years previously requiring extraction. Using laser-assistance the leads were removed, although the passive lead tips were unable to be extracted, and were retained in the superior vena cava. One lead tip embolized to the distal pulmonary bed within 24 hours of her operative procedure. Computed tomography and pulmonary arteriography suggested a near immediate thrombogenic process. A multidisciplinary approach was utilized to identify management strategies that allowed for a satisfactory patient outcome.

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“…The interval between the injury and the first signs of symptoms may be 25–30 years and the interval between the first symptoms and the diagnosis of the underlying cause of pneumonia may be up to 30 years [1, 3, 5]. Killian (as reported by his assistant Kollofrath [6]) was the first to remove a foreign body with bronchoscopy in 1897, over 100 years ago.…”

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Relapsing pneumonia due to a migrating intrathoracic foreign body in a World War II veteran shot 53 years ago

Langer

Petermann

Lübbers

et al. 1999

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Abstract. Langer D, Petermann C, Lu È bbers H, Lankisch PG (Municipal Hospital, Lu È neburg, and AK Harburg, Hamburg, Germany). Relapsing pneumonia due to a migrating intrathoracic foreign body in a World War II veteran shot 53 years ago (Case Report). J Intern Med 1999; 245: 405]407.In the great majority of cases of long-standing intrathoracic foreign bodies, patients are asymptomatic. However, symptoms may occur years later from the migration of the foreign body. We report on a 70-year-old patient who developed relapsing pneumonia due to obstruction of a bronchial branch of the left apical group by a migrating infantry bullet impacting 53 years ago. This was not diagnosed until the second attack of pneumonia in 1998. The bullet remains were removed bronchoscopically and the pneumonia resolved completely without further complications.

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Migration of Schrapnel From Lung to Bronchus

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Presumed Migration Of An Intra-Abdominal Copper Fragment

Presumed Migration Of An Intra-Abdominal Copper Fragment

Pulmonary Arterial Embolization of Pacemaker Lead Electrode Tip

Relapsing pneumonia due to a migrating intrathoracic foreign body in a World War II veteran shot 53 years ago

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