A rare indication for video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery: headscarf needle aspiration. (8th July 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ghanim, Bahil; Ankersmit, Hendrik Jan; Prosch, Helmut; Klikovits, Thomas; Marta, Gabriel; Klepetko, Walter; Lang, Gyorgy
• Is Part Of: Clinical respiratory journal. Volume 7:Number 3(2013)
• Page Start: e15
• Page End: e17
• Publication Date: 2013-07-08
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory organs -- Periodicals; 616.24
• DOI: 10.1111/crj.12022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1752-6981

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Headscarf needle aspiration is a rare event, especially in Middle and Western European countries. Here, we report the case of a 37‐year‐old Austrian woman of Turkish origin who accidentally aspirated a turban pin. Repeated bronchoscopy was not successful in removing the aspirated foreign body, which extended past the right middle lobe to the interlobar fissure. The needle was finally removed by video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery.</p> </abstract>