title: Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body. A bullet in the lung for 2 years.
abstract: It is very rare to have a big foreign body in the lungs without any complications or symptoms for 2 years. A 14-year-old male with episodes of minor hemoptysis for 4 weeks had a history of inhalation of a bullet 2 years earlier. He had asymptomatic for lung complications for 2 years. The bullet was removed by right thoracotomy and  non-anatomical wedge stapled resection, and he followed an uneventful recovery. An aspirated foreign body although big can remain asymptomatic for a long time, especially if it has migrated to the periphery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan. E-mail. dowite_1588@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammad U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Salim
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asghar
authors.forename: Irum
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tareen
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005389:Firearms; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed