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Metallic foreign body or an illusion?

Published:2023-10-26 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2039-4772
Container-title:Chest Disease Reports
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Short-container-title:Chest Dis Rep

Author:

Mohan Sanchit,Biraris Pavankumar,Bhaskar Maheema,Tandon Sandeep

Abstract

A male patient, aged 70, with a confirmed diagnosis of squamous cell cancer (cT4N2M0) affecting the Right Upper Lobe (RUL) of the lung. A further evaluation using Computerized Tomography (CT) scanning revealed a partial response in the RUL mass, along with the incidental discovery of a FB with a metal density in the Left Main Bronchus (LMB) measuring 640 Hounsfield Units (HU). The individual exhibited no symptoms and did not have any previous indications of foreign body aspiration. The subsequent bronchoscopic assessment revealed the presence of a circular and smooth FB in the LMB, specifically identified as a tablet.

Publisher

PAGEPress Publications

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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