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Two cases of inhaled grass inflorescences that were spontaneously eliminated via the trachea, bronchi, lung, and intercostal muscles out through the skin of the chest wall are described. In the first case a wheat stem, 2 cmL long, was removed from an abscess in the chest wall, and in the second case an inilorescence belonging to the species Hordewn murinwn, 5 -5 cm. long. The importance of a detailed medical history is emphasized. When a positive history of inhalation of a grass inflorescence exists and when bronchoscopy is negative, operations to the lung should be postponed. |
