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Case Reports
. 1994 Winter;9(1):56-9.

Intrapulmonary foreign body: sponge retained for 43 years

F H Taylor  1 , R W Zollinger 2nd, T A Edgerton, C D Harr, V B Shenoy
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  • PMID: 8114167
Case Reports

Intrapulmonary foreign body: sponge retained for 43 years

F H Taylor et al. J Thorac Imaging. 1994 Winter.

Abstract

We present a patient who had a left thoracotomy 43 years previously. Since that surgery he experienced intermittent hemoptysis, and a recent thoracotomy revealed an intrapulmonary foreign body (retained sponge) in the left lower lobe. The liability potential of this case is discussed.

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