A CASE OF REMOVAL OF A FOREIGN BODY (SEWING NEEDLE) AT THE LEFT DIAPHRAGMA

  • IMAI Kenichiro
    Department of Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center
  • ARAIDA Tatsuo
    Department of Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center
  • ONIZAWA Shunsuke
    Department of Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center
  • SONE Yasuyuki
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center

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  • 左横隔膜内伏針の1例

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Abstract

A 46-year-old woman presented with a foreign body by way of, a needle-shaped metallic image detected in the left diaphragma on her chest x-ray during a health examination. Computed tomography showed two metallic images at the left diaphragma and the left chest wall. The surgical removal of the foreign body (sewing needle) was performed under the X-ray image. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged on the 4th postoperative day.

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