Migration of schrapnel from lung to bronchus
W. Bogedain
Erosion of metallic foreign bodies from the pulmonary parenchyma into a
bronchus is rare. In this case, bronchoscopic removal of the shrapnel was
possible 64 years after the injury. The 89-year-old veteran enjoys life and
has had no further pulmonary problems one year after bronchoscopic removal
of a metallic foreign body. Possibly this is the oldest patient on record
to have had a foreign body erode into a bronchus and to have undergone
removal through a rigid bronchoscope.
