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Chest X-ray showing a foreign body into the right thoracic cavity (yellow arrow).
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A chest X-ray and a new abdominal/thoracic CT scan were obtained and the following findings were detected: rupture of the rectosigmoid, liver laceration in segment VIII, rupture of the right hemidiaphragm, and a foreign body in the thoracic cavity (Figures 1 and 2).
Chest CT scan showing a right-sided pneumothorax and an oval shaped lesion with an air fluid level (foreign body) (yellow arrow).
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A chest X-ray and a new abdominal/thoracic CT scan were obtained and the following findings were detected: rupture of the rectosigmoid, liver laceration in segment VIII, rupture of the right hemidiaphragm, and a foreign body in the thoracic cavity (Figures 1 and 2).
Perioperative recognition of transverse mesocolon rupture (green arrow).
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The broom had pierced the rectosigmoid junction and the transverse mesocolon (Figure 3), had lacerated the segment 8 of liver, and had pierced the right diaphragm.
The rounded end of the broomstick in the right thoracic cavity (green arrow).
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In the right pleural cavity, an empyema and the rounded end of the broomstick were also discovered (Figure 4).
The plastic rounded end of the broom handle after its removal.
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The foreign object was removed (Figure 5), and a lung decortication was done with simultaneous removal of pseudomembranes and pus.