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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2022; 08(03): e224-e226
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756198
Case Report

Transthoracic Migration of a Foreign Body into the Diaphragm from the Gunshot Injury and Its Management in a Child: A Case Report

Klein Dantis 
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
,
Pranay Suresh Mehsare
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
,
Subrata Kumar Singha
2   Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
,
Nilesh Gupta
3   Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Abstract

Intrapleural foreign bodies (FB) are rare and uncommon, while diaphragmatic FB secondary to gunshot injury in a child is still rarer. We now describe a 9-year-old male with a history of self-inflicted accidental air gun injury on the right side of the midline of the sternum with transthoracic migration of FB—lead bullet—measuring 1cm x1.4cm into the diaphragm managed initially with intercostal tube drainage for right hemopneumothorax at the different center underwent thoracoscopy followed by minithoracotomy and retrieval under C-arm guidance that has not been reported in the literature.

Keywords

hemopneumothorax - foreign body - diaphragm - C-arm - minithoracotomy

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Informed consent was obtained from the patients' parents for the purpose of publication.


Authors' Contributions

Klein Dantis prepared and drafted the manuscript. All the coauthors edited, reviewed, and accepted the manuscript.




Publication History

Received: 13 January 2022

Accepted: 05 July 2022

Article published online:
02 September 2022

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