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J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol · Jul 2012
Case ReportsPleuroscopic retrieval of a sewing needle from the pleural cavity under conscious sedation by a chest physician.
- Siew Teck Tie, Jyi Lin Wong, S K Kunji Kannan, and RahmanJamalul Azizi AbdulJA.
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. bryantie75@gmail.com
- J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2012 Jul 1; 19 (3): 246-8.
AbstractWe report a case of a young man who presented with a left-sided pneumothorax after suffering an accidental penetrating injury by a sewing needle to the anterior chest wall. Chest radiograph and the computed tomography of the thorax revealed that the needle was in the pleural cavity and there was an associated pneumothorax. An attempt at retrieval by direct incision failed. The sewing needle was successfully retrieved by a medical pleuroscopy. The patient recovered without any consequences and was discharged home after 24 hours of observation.
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