Abstract
We report an unusual case of unnoticed aspiration of an oat head by a healthy 19-year-old male. The foreign body migrated to the right pleural cavity and caused a severe persistent empyema, which resolved only after a thoracotomy . The lodging of a grass head in the pleura is a very rare event, almost never reported in an adult.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-319 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1983 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine