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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1983; 31(5): 317-319
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022006
Case Report

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An Unusual Case of Empyema; Intrapleural Migration of an Inhaled Oat Head in an Adult

A. Yellin, A. Tomer, S. T. Zwas, D. Hassin, Y. Lieberman, H. Bank
  • Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine A and Nuclear Medicine, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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1983

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

We report an unusual case of unnoticed aspiration of an oat head by a healthy 19-year-old male. The foreign body migrated to the right pleural cavity and caused a severe persistent empyema, which resolved only after a thoracotomy. The lodging of a grass head in the pleura is a very rare event, almost never reported in an adult.

Key words

Empyema - Intrapleural migration - Inhalation of grass heads