Hemoptysis: Chest trauma with late onset of symptoms

Hemoptysis foreign body lung

Authors

  • Jennifer Serrano
    jrosmery19@gmail.com
    Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • José Arriola-Navas Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Alfredo Longo Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Joselin Marull Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
February 6, 2021
April 15, 2021

A 28-year-old woman presented with hemoptysis as a late manifestation of penetrating chest trauma. History of trauma 9 years before consultation and hemoptysis of 3 years of evolution. Radiological studies showed a cavitated lesion in the right low