Unrecognized intrapleural missile--a rare cause of chronic pain following gunshot wounds: case report.
A young farmer was disabled by chronic pain for more than one year from a free intrapleural missile. Radiologic evidence of missile immobility and the tendency to observe chronically embedded missiles led to a delay in diagnosis. Intrapleural foreign bodies need to be considered in the evaluation of pain following chest or upper abdominal gunshot wounds.
Demmy
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Schmaltz
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Walls
J T
JT
Curtis
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010994:Pleura; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*