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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:185. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.053
Copyright © 2009, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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An unusual case of foreign body aspiration: a lobster's antenna

Socrates Tsagkaropoulosa, Federico Francionia, Giancarlo Ferrettia,b, Federico Venutaa,*

a University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rome, Italy
b University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Department of Infectious Disease, Rome, Italy

Received 8 January 2009; received in revised form 23 February 2009; accepted 25 February 2009.

* Corresponding author. Address: University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica, V.le Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 4461971; fax: +39 06 49970735. (Email: federico.venuta{at}uniroma1.it).

Key Words: Foreign body • Aspiration pneumonia • Empyema

A 47-year-old cook presented with fever, dyspnea, chest pain and hemoptysis.

Radiological work-up showed a right infiltrate with pleural effusion and a high-density structure 5 cm long within the lower lobe (Fig. 1A,B). At thoracotomy a previously inhaled lobster's antenna coming out of the lung was found (Fig. 2A,B)


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  		Fig. 1. (A) Chest X-ray showing right lower lobe consolidation with pleural effusion. (B) Chest computed tomography showing the presence of a foreign body located within the lung parenchyma.

 

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  		Fig. 2. (A) Parenchymal laceration caused by the foreign body coming out of the lung. (B) Removed foreign body resulting in a lobster's antenna.

 





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