@article{ref1,
title="Massive hemoptysis after aspiration of a toothpick",
journal="Annals of thoracic surgery",
year="2011",
author="Misra, Rajeev P. and Dietl, Charles A.",
volume="91",
number="3",
pages="921-922",
abstract="A 42-year-old man presented with massive hemoptysis. His past medical history was significant for a bayonet injury to the left chest several years ago. A chest computed tomographic scan showed a radio-opaque foreign body in the left lower lobe. A left thoracotomy was performed because of unrelenting hemoptysis in association with a foreign body that could not be retrieved by bronchoscopy. At surgery, a toothpick covered with blood was retrieved from the left lower lobe bronchus. A left lower lobectomy was performed because a lung abscess was present. Postoperatively, the patient confirmed that 1 year prior he had fallen asleep with a toothpick in his mouth while intoxicated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-4975",
doi="10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.025",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.025"
}