title: Retained foreign body after chest stab wound.
abstract: Foreign bodies may occur after a thoracic trauma, but foreign bodies retained after stab wounds are rare. This paper reports the case of a 20-year-old man who was admitted with the diagnosis of haemothorax following a single stab wound on the chest. One month later, he was referred to the authors' clinic with symptoms of pain and swelling under the left scapula due to a previously overlooked foreign body on the chest wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Apiliogullari
authors.forename: Nuri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Duzgun
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurtipek
authors.forename: Hidir
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Esme
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult