title: [Intrapulmonary Sewing Needle].
abstract: Intrapulmonary aberrant needles are rarely encountered in clinical practice. A 82-year-old woman, though she was asymptomatic, was referred to our department due to an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography showed a foreign body suspected to be a sewing needle in the left upper lobe. The needle was successfully removed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Seisyukai Hospital, Hirado, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hisama
authors.forename: Nobumasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsunemitsu
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasumasu
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009339:Needles; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed