Abstract

We present the case of a patient who, after a fight in a bar, suffered an injury from a broken mirror in the scapular region, with a fragment of the broken glass embedded in the right dorsal region. This fragment penetrated completely and deeply into the integuments without causing symptoms and went unnoticed only receiving sutures of the wound. The patient was readmitted 5 days later due to pain when breathing and inability to raise his arm. Magnetic Nuclear Resonance (MRI) studies were performed and the presence of a foreign object in the pleural cavity was observed without pneumothorax present. It was decided to perform a Left Posterolateral Thoracotomy (LPLT) to remove the foreign body that turned out to be a mirror fragment. The patient is doing well.

Keywords

thoracic wound, chest x-ray, pneumothorax