Open AccessA rare indication for video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery: headscarf needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Ghanim Bahil,
Ankersmit Hendrik Jan,
Prosch Helmut,
Klikovits Thomas,
Marta Gabriel,
Klepetko Walter,
Lang Gyorgy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the clinical respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.789
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1752-699X
pISSN - 1752-6981
DOI - 10.1111/crj.12022
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , foreign body aspiration , bronchoscopy , foreign body , foreign bodies , radiology
Headscarf needle aspiration is a rare event, especially in M iddle and W estern E uropean countries. Here, we report the case of a 37‐year‐old A ustrian woman of T urkish 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.