title: An interesting journey of an ingested needle: a case report and review of the literature on extra-abdominal migration of ingested foreign bodies.
abstract: Swallowed foreign bodies encounter a major problem especially in children, but fortunately they mostly do not cause any related complication and are easily passed with the stool. In this paper, an interesting journey of a needle is presented. A 20-year old female admitted to our emergency service after she had swallowed a sewing machine needle, which is initially observed in the stomach in the plain abdominal radiography. During the follow-up period, the needle traveled through bowels, and surprisingly was observed in the left lung on 10th day of the follow-up. It was removed with a thoracotomy and pneumotomy under the fluoroscopic guidance. The postoperative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the day 5. We also review the literature on interesting extra-abdominal migrations of swallowing foreign bodies.
authors: General Surgery Department, Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Zeynep
authors: Z
authors: Ozkan
authors: Metin
authors: M
authors: Kement
authors: Ahmet B
authors: AB
authors: Kargı
authors: Zafer
authors: Z
authors: Censur
authors: Fazli C
authors: FC
authors: Gezen
authors: Selahattin
authors: S
authors: Vural
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Oncel
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