Penetrating chest injuries caused by swordfish sword used as a weapon

Ndiaye, Assane; Gaye, Magaye; Ba, Papa Salmane; Diatta, Souleymane; Diop, Mamadou; Ndiaye, Mouhamadou Bamba

doi:10.1177/0218492317694521

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“…described a whiptail stingray injury causing, respectively, tension pneumothorax and hemopneumothorax associated with a tracheal wound [2, 3]. Another interesting case series was reported by Ndiaye et al that described five cases of penetrating chest wounds caused by weapons made from swordfish swords [4]. Tang et al .…”

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Accidental neck and chest penetration by a metal sliver derived from an axe for wood chopping: a case report

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Background Penetrating neck and chest trauma is a very common entity in emergency medicine that usually requires surgical treatment. Our case report illustrates the case of a 27-year-old Arabian man with hemopneumothorax associated with pneumomediastinum due to an unusual occupational injury. Case presentation A metal sliver, coming from an axe using for wood chopping, penetrated the neck of a 27-year-old Arabian man in the left supraclavicular region mimicking a gun bullet; the entrance hole was at the left pleural dome where the sliver had just penetrated the apex of the lung passing through the upper lobe of his left lung creating an exit wound in the dorsal segment of the same lobe arriving in the posterior thoracic wall. Biportal video-assisted thoracic surgery was performed to remove blood clots and the unusual foreign body. Conclusion In the literature, there are several case series about this topic, with some of them reporting unusual foreign bodies that lead to penetrating trauma. However, to the best of our knowledge, no cases like the one we have reported are described in the current literature.

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Accidental neck and chest penetration by a metal sliver derived from an axe for wood chopping: a case report

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“…Their clinical picture can range from simple pain to severe chest lesions 1 . Sharp or pointed metallic foreign bodies must be removed urgently as well as if a migratory character is noted 2,3 . We report a case of retention of an intrapulmonary metallic foreign body in a child, secondary to a neglected penetrating wound, which occurred during a playful accident.…”

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Metallic Intrapulmonary Foreign Body by Playful Accident in A Child

Mbaye

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et al. 2022

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Intrathoracic foreign bodies secondary to penetrating wounds are rare in children. We report the observation of a 10-year-old patient who presented an intrapulmonary metallic foreign body following a playful accident. Its migratory aspect, highlighted by imaging, required urgent extraction which was performed by thoracotomy, with good clinical outcome. The interest of the question lies in the circumstances of the incident, the type of foreign body and the terrain.

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