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(Chest. 1973;64:265-266.)
© 1973 American College of Chest Physicians

Hemoptysis Secondary to Fish Bone Penetration of the Esophagus

Warren D. Widmann M.D.1 and W. Courtney Douglass M.D., F.C.C.P.2

1 Department of Surgery, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey
2 Department of Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey

An unusual case of fish bone penetration of the upper esophagus presented with the initial symptom of hemoptysis. The bone had migrated into the apex of the lung and had caused an abscess and empyema. There was brief response to conservative treatment, but eventually thoracotomy was required for removal of the abscess and foreign body, and drainage of the empyema.






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