TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Penetrating chest injuries caused by swordfish sword used as a weapon
JO  - Asian cardiovascular and thoracic annals
A1  - Ndiaye, Assane
A1  - Gaye, Magaye
A1  - Ba, Papa Salmane
A1  - Diatta, Souleymane
A1  - Diop, Momar Sokhna
A1  - Ndiaye, Mouhamadou
SP  - 229
EP  - 232
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - We report 5 cases of penetrating chest wounds caused by weapons made from swordfish swords, involving breakage of the sword that later appeared as a thoracic foreign body. The patients had been assaulted 2 days to 17 years earlier. Three of them had a chronic infected wound, one had a penetrating thoracic wound with hemopneumothorax, and one had a foreign body. Computed tomography showed a foreign body in the lung in 4 cases, with aortic penetration in one. The foreign body was removed via thoracotomy in all 4 patients, with aorta repair in one who presented later with a pseudoaneurysm.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0218-4923
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0218492317694521
ID  - ref1
ER  -