case_images: PMC9482237_01
case_images: perioperative picture of the first case
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case_images: F1
case_images: There was a metal pole protruding from the right chest wall, just above the nipple (Figure 1).
case_images: impaling object in the first case
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case_images: F2
case_images: Therapeutic intervention: he had an exploratory anterolateral thoracotomy under general anesthesia with controlled retrieval of the pole (Figure 2).
case_images: PMC9482237_02
case_images: lateral chest radiograph of the second case
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case_images: F3
case_images: Diagnostic approach: chest X-ray revealed a radio-opaque cylindrical mass with partial collapse of the right lung (Figure 3).
case_images: intraoperative picture with the concealed impaling foreign body
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case_images: F4
case_images: He had a right exploratory posterolateral thoracotomy with findings of an injured right upper lobe of the lungs, which was repaired and the impaling metal pipe retrieved (Figure 4).