Management of an intrapleural foreign body and empyema with video-assisted thoracoscopy.
Intrapleural foreign bodies are rare and there are few reports on the occurrence and management of this uncommon clinical presentation. We report a case of a patient with a history of ingesting multiple foreign bodies, which resulted in multiple laparotomy procedures for extraction. The patient recently required surgical removal of innumerable ingested foreign bodies from the stomach and developed a left empyema post-operatively. Subsequent imaging studies revealed evidence of a foreign object in the left pleural space without evidence of an esophageal perforation or diaphragm injury.
Division of Thoracic Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Chigozirim
C
Ekeke
Division of Thoracic Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Stephen
S
Noble
Division of Thoracic Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Robert E
RE
Merritt
Pleural space; foreign body