title: An unusual case of left chest stab wound.
abstract: A 72-year-old man was admitted with one blade of a huge pair of shears in his left thorax. His hemodynamics deteriorated due to life-threatening vascular lesions. An urgent thoracotomy revealed several injuries to the intercostal vessels and left apical inferior lung lobe. The blade tip was stuck in the posterior chest wall, 2 cm adjacent to the descending aorta. The blade was removed, the lung was sutured, and the patient made a good recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. carlo.zebele@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zebele
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gianoli
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elenbaas
authors.forename: Peter R G
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Brink
authors.forename: André A J
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Van Zundert
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D051639:Gardening; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery