title: Thoracoscopic removal of an intrapulmonary foreign body in a child.
abstract: A 9-year-old boy presented to our institution 6 months after falling on a needle that pierced his left chest wall. He presented to us after multiple unsuccessful attempts to have this foreign body removed at other hospitals. A thoracoscopic removal was successfully undertaken aided by fluoroscopy. This report shows how the needle's position and location were precisely defined by fluoroscopy, despite the needle being invisible on thoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anjan Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dhua
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maddur
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Devasenathipathy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Lokesh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Fluoroscopy; intrapulmonary foreign body; thoracoscopy