title: Unrecognized intrapleural missile--a rare cause of chronic pain following gunshot wounds: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Demmy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmaltz
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Walls
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: 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*