Thoracoscopic Excision of Migrated Kirschner Wire to Right Pulmonary Hilum

Removal of Kirschner Wire That Migrated from the Pelvic Bone into the Right Ventricle of the Heart

A sixty-year-old man was admitted due to chest pain. He had a history of pelvic bone fracture fixation with Kirschner wire about 20 years earlier. On examination, we detected a Kirschner wire that had migrated into the right ventricle. Without cardiopulmonary bypass, we removed the migrating Kirschner wire via median sternotomy. The patient recovered without complications and was discharged on ...

Extramedullary plasmacytoma in the right pulmonary hilum

Radiol Bras. 2015 Nov/Dez;48(6):399–403 401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0119 ing from sequelae, generally associated with tuberculosis. The occurrence of lung cancer in cavities mimicking fungus ball or air crescent sign is quite rare. The tumor tends to infiltrate in the adjacent pulmonary parenchyma causing a paracicatricial effect, and may lead to emphysematous or cystic changes...

Localization of peripheral pulmonary nodules for thoracoscopic excision: value of CT-guided wire placement.

OBJECTIVE One of the indications for the rapidly expanding use of thoracoscopic surgery as an alternative to thoracotomy is the excision of peripheral lung nodules. Nodules judged too small or too far from the pleural surface to be seen or palpated during thoracoscopy must be localized beforehand. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of percutaneous placem...

Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Occurring in the Right Pulmonary Hilum

Intrathoracic migration of a Kirschner wire

Kirschner (K) wires can easily migrate, resulting in serious complications. We report a 49-year-old woman who had a rare and late complication related to the migration of K wire. It had been used for left hip replacement 8 years ago. The patient admitted to our hospital with breathing-dependent chest pain and increasing dyspnea for ∼2 h. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomographic scans revealed...