• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.511-513
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• 2001

Migration of Steinmann pins into the thoracic cavity is uncommon, but when occurs it can bring devasting consequences. A Sixty-year-old woman had pinning of the right humerus surgical neck fracture. She was not followed up after discharge Two years later, a chest x-ray film and chest CT showed that the pin had migrated to the right hemithorax. The migrated pins were removed with right anterolateral thoracotomy incision without any difficulties.