An unusual case of foreign body pulmonary embolus: case report and review of penetrating trauma at a pediatric trauma center

Abstract

Penetrating thoracic trauma is rare in children. The case presented here represents the only report of cardiac foreign body embolus we could identify in a pediatric patient.

Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Trauma

“…Intravenous (IV) contrast should be utilized if there is concern for an underlying vascular injury. 13 (Figure 1). …”