Pediatric surgery international
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Pediatr. Surg. Int. · Mar 2015
Case ReportsAn unusual case of foreign body pulmonary embolus: case report and review of penetrating trauma at a pediatric trauma center.
Penetrating thoracic trauma is relatively rare in the pediatric population. Embolization of foreign bodies from penetrating trauma is very uncommon. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy with a penetrating foreign body from a projectile dislodged from a lawn mower. Imaging demonstrated a foreign body that embolized to the left pulmonary artery, which was successfully treated non-operatively. ⋯ Penetrating thoracic trauma is rare in children. The case presented here represents the only report of cardiac foreign body embolus we could identify in a pediatric patient.