title: Foreign body in the lung for 45 years without symptoms.
abstract: Patients with foreign bodies in the bronchopulmonary tree seldom remain asymptomatic for long (Abdul Majid et al. 1976). We report here a patient who aspirated a 22 carat gold safety-pin at 10 years of age and who continues to be free of respiratory symptoms 45 years later.
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors