Migration of a nodule localization marker to the contralateral lung
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been increasingly used to resect lung nodules avoiding thoracotomy thus reducing morbidity and hospitalization time. One of the main challenges is to localise the target, because very often they are not palpable and small. Various nodule localization techniques have been used to assist VATS resection including metallic marker implantation adjacent to the lesion of interest. These markers have been known to migrate, more often in the pleural space. We report an unusual case of metallic marker migration in the contralateral lung.
