title: Chronic impalement- Case report of a knitting needle 33 years' ascension.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report the case of a 72-year-old female complaining of hemoptysis due to a thoracic-abdominal knitting needle inserted 33 years ago for self-induced abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  The PA/LL chest x-ray showed a metallic foreign body on thorax extending into the abdomen. An CT examination confirmed the transdiaphragmatic knitting needle extending from liver into right upper lobe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical removal of the foreign body and wedge resection were performed with good follow-up results.
authors.affiliation: Doctoral school, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureş, Gh. Marinescu 38, Tîrgu Mureş, 540139, Romania. pop.marian@gmail.com.|Radiology and Medical Imaging Laboratory, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation (IUBCvT) Tîrgu Mureş, Gh. Marinescu 50, Tîrgu Mureş, 540136, Romania. pop.marian@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.affiliation: Anatomy Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureş, Gh. Marinescu 38, Tîrgu Mureş, 540139, Romania.|First surgery clinic, Tîrgu Mureş Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Gh. Marinescu 50, Tîrgu Mureş, 540136, Romania.
authors.forename: Bogdan Andrei
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Suciu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009339:Needles / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Case report; Chest x-ray; Computed tomography; Foreign body; Thorax