title: Intrapulmonary foreign body: sponge retained for 43 years.
abstract: We present a patient who had a left thoracotomy 43 years previously. Since that surgery he experienced intermittent hemoptysis, and a recent thoracotomy revealed an intrapulmonary foreign body (retained sponge) in the left lower lobe. The liability potential of this case is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Zollinger
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Edgerton
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Harr
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013997:Time Factors