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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(06): 513-515
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331039
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Recurrent Pneumonia Caused by a Migrated Esophageal Foreign Body

Saibo Pan
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
,
Ying Chai
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
,
Gang Shen
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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06 June 2012

17 August 2012

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04 December 2012 (online)

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Abstract

The accidental ingestion of fish bones is common. However, the complication of migration wherein the fish bone penetrated through the esophagus and into the right upper lobe is extremely rare. In this case, we present a rare case of recurrent pneumonia caused by a migrated esophageal foreign body. The case had been misdiagnosed for 5 years. A right upper lobectomy was performed; a fish bone was found in the lung parenchyma.

Keywords

infection - lung - benign or congenital lesions - computed tomography - CT scan
 

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