TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Occult lawn mower projectile injury presenting with hemoptysis JO - Radiology case reports A1 - Darvie, Patric J. A1 - Ballard, David H. A1 - Harris, Nicholas A1 - Bhargava, Peeyush A1 - Rao, Vyas R. A1 - Samra, Navdeep S. SP - 678 EP - 681 VL - 12 IS - 4 N2 - We present the case of a 72-year-old man with hemoptysis after a thoracic projectile injury, which occurred while mowing the lawn. Chest radiograph followed by a computed tomography angiogram revealed a metallic foreign body in the right middle lobe of the lung. The patient underwent a right anterolateral thoracotomy where the object was successfully retrieved. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery.

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LA - en SN - 1930-0433 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.08.007 ID - ref1 ER -