Abstract
FE A T U R E A R T IC L Awith right-sided chest pain and malaise. His last use of heroin was 3 days before presentation, and he reported injecting into the left side of his groin. The computed tomographic scan seen in Fig 1 was obtained and clearly demonstrates a right middle lobe consolidation with central thin linear hyperdensity measuring approximately 1 11 mm. The hyperdensity is evident in the course of the distal pulmonary artery. On further questioning, the patient remembered recently having a needle fragment break. He wished to have this removed and thus was taken to the operating room where a right video-assisted thoracic operation was
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