A Patient With a Foreign Body in Mediastinum That Penetrated Into the Bronchus

Jianxue Zhai; Xuebin Yan; Haotian Ge; Di Lu; Xiguang Liu; Yu Tong; Zhizhi Wang; Hua Wu; Kaican Cai

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.052

A Patient With a Foreign Body in Mediastinum That Penetrated Into the Bronchus

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Oct;114(4):e237-e239. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.052. Epub 2022 Jan 18.

Authors

Jianxue Zhai¹, Xuebin Yan¹, Haotian Ge¹, Di Lu¹, Xiguang Liu¹, Yu Tong¹, Zhizhi Wang¹, Hua Wu¹, Kaican Cai²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Electronic address: doc_cai@163.com.

PMID: 35051395
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.052

Abstract

We report the rare case of a patient who had a foreign body in the mediastinum and trachea caused by trauma due to epileptic seizures. A 52-year-old man had an epileptic seizure 3 months before visiting our hospital and had an injury to his neck caused by a broken glass cabinet. Computed tomography scan revealed a foreign body in the mediastinum and trachea. After a detailed discussion among members of the multidisciplinary team, surgery was successfully performed to remove the foreign body. This rare case may help provide a reference for diagnosing and treating a mediastinal and tracheobronchial foreign body.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bronchi / diagnostic imaging
Bronchi / surgery
Foreign Bodies* / complications
Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies* / surgery
Humans
Male
Mediastinum*
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Trachea / diagnostic imaging
Trachea / surgery