An unusual self-inserted foreign body in the mediastinum and its management: a case report

Burhan Apilioğulları,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5311

Burhan Apilioğulları¹, Banu Yoldaş¹, Hıdır Esme¹, Taha Tahir Bekçi²

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Konya Training and Research Hospital Konya, Turkey
²Department of Chest Diseases, Konya Training and Research Hospital Konya, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5311

Although there are cases with mediastinal foreign bodies after several surgical procedures or accidental conditions, self-inserted objects into the mediastinum via hypopharynx due to psychological disorder is very rare. The surgical removal is essential due to the risks of migration, mediastinitis and erosion into great vessels. In this article, we report the management modality with the left cervical incision in 61-year-old schizophrenic female who was admitted with hemoptysis caused by a selfinserted mediastinal foreign body.

Keywords : Cervical incision; foreign body; mediastinum

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