An Unusual Foreign Body in Pulmonary Artery — A Case Report

Abstract

An unusual case of pulmonary foreign body is reported. The foreign body, Kirschner wire, was used for clavicular fixation. It was found free in the middle part of mediastinum one and a half years after fixation in a control chest roent genogram. We discussed by which tract such a rigid substance had arrived in the pulmonary artery. We also reviewed the diagnostic techniques and surgical difficulties in removing foreign bodies from the pulmonary circulation.