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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar;103(3):e271-e272.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.094.

Contraceptive Implant Embolism Into the Pulmonary Artery: Thoracoscopic Retrieval

Pascal A Thomas  1 , Donatella Di Stefano  2 , Cécile Couteau  3 , Xavier Benoît D'Journo  4
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Contraceptive Implant Embolism Into the Pulmonary Artery: Thoracoscopic Retrieval

Pascal A Thomas et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

An 18-year old woman had migration of a subdermal contraceptive implant in a subsegmental branch of her left lower lobe pulmonary artery. She was managed successfully through a conservative surgical approach, as the implant was removed from the pulmonary artery thoracoscopically, thereby avoiding the need of thoracotomy or lung resection.

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