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A Foreign Body Found in the Pulmonary Artery of a Traffic Accident Victim with a Chest Injury and Near-amputation of the Upper Extremity - A case report -  

Choi, Goang-Min (Department of Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, Hallym University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
Kim, Heung-Cheol (Department of Radiology, Hallym University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
Cho, Kwang-Yun (Department of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
Kim, Hyung-Soo (Department of Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, Hallym University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.41, no.4, 2008 , pp. 536-539 More about this Journal
Abstract
We present a case with a foreign body in the left pulmonary artery, found in a traffic accident victim. A 52-year-old woman sitting in the passenger side of a car had massive bleeding and near complete amputation of her right forearm in addition to multiple rib fractures and a hemopneumothorax. At arrival to the emergency room, the patient had signs of shock; she was anemic, drowsy and hypotensive. A large volume of blood and crystalloid fluids were administered via the left subclavian vein with a rapid infusion device (Level $1^{(R)}$). As the lung contusion improved, a foreign body was noticed in the left lung field on plain x-rays. Pulmonary angiography was performed and revealed a 15 cm foreign body in the left basal segment of the common pulmonary artery. The foreign body was successfully retrieved using vascular forceps via the percutaneous femoral vein approach.
Keywords
Foreign body; Pulmonary arteries; Wounds and injuries; Trauma;
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