[An interesting journey of a grass inflorescence from broncho to dorsum: case report].
A 15-years-old male was presented with hyperemic and painful right flank mass. His medical history was consisted of a treatment for pneumonia and hemoptysis in the other hospital five months ago. Diagnostic X-rays was showed consolidation in the posterobasal segment of right pulmonary lobe and abscess in the paravertebral muscle extending from L4-5 level. The patient was discharged after antibiotic treatment. At the second hospitalization, a grass inflorescence was discharged from the fistula. When the patient was reevaluated his history was consisted of the aspiration of a grass inflorescence eight months ago. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first case of penetration by a grass inflorescence migrated out of the lumbar region.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. cankorkmaz@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
Levent
L
Cankorkmaz
Gökhan
G
Köylüoğlu
Mehmet H
MH
Atalar
Cengiz
C
Güney
Mehmet S
MS
Arslan
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D056626:Inflorescence; D008297:Male; D006109:Poaceae; D011859:Radiography; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*