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KMID : 0364020070400050384
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007 Volume.40 No. 5 p.384 ~ p.387
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Delayed Detection of a Penetrating Tracheal Foreign Body
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Jan Woo-Sung
Kang Chang-Hyun
Kim Young-Tae
Kim Joo-Hyun
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Abstract
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The finding of a tracheal penetrating injury that’s caused by a foreign body is rare in adulthood. A 42-year-old man had experienced penetrating trauma due to a glass fragment 10 years ago. He presented with blood tinged sputum and dyspnea on exertion, and this had developed 1 year previously. Chest CT scan and bronchoscopy revealed a foreign body crossing the tracheal lumen and the object arose from outside of the trachea; this was all associated with airway edema. We removed the foreign body, which was a 5cm length of glass fragment, and we repaired the tracheal defect using a simple primary suture. The postoperative course of the patient was uneventful and he is now being followed up at the outpatient department; he has had no additional symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Foreign body, Tracheal injury, Trauma, penetrating
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