title: A rare indication for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: headscarf needle aspiration.
abstract: Headscarf needle aspiration is a rare event, especially in Middle and Western European countries. Here, we report the case of a 37-year-old Austrian woman of Turkish origin who accidentally aspirated a turban pin. Repeated bronchoscopy was not successful in removing the aspirated foreign body, which extended past the right middle lobe to the interlobar fissure. The needle was finally removed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Bahil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghanim
authors.forename: Hendrik Jan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ankersmit
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prosch
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klikovits
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marta
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klepetko
authors.forename: Gyorgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009339:Needles / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: aspiration; lung; pneumothorax; thoracoscopy