title: Migration of a Kirschner wire into the thoracic ascendent aorta artery.
abstract: The orthopedic metallic pins and wires migration for the chest cavity is uncommon and rarely reported in medical literature although it is potentially lethal, especially when they reach the heart or mediastinum great vessels. We reported a case of Kirschner wire withdrawal, for right postero-lateral thoracotomy, which were transfixating ascendent thoracic aorta artery, in its due to its migration of left clavicle, where it was placed to fix an occurred fracture 10 years before.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Geral de Palmas, TO. danilodaud@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Danilo Felix
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Daud
authors.forename: Marcos Menezes Freitas de
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery