LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF PULMONARY SHRAPNEL INJURY - REPORT OF A CASE WITH CARCINOMA AND RESIDUAL SHRAPNEL TRACT

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 108  (5) , 407-409
Abstract
Bullets and shrapnel fragments may occasionally lead to intrathoracic complications many years after their initial penetration. A case of pulmonary carcinoma arising in relation to pleural scarring from a shrapnel wound received 38 yr earlier is reported. An incidental [histologic] finding was a patent, epithelialized tract running from the upper lobe pleural scar deep into the lower lobe, interpreted as a residue of the shrapnel''s path through the lung.