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Asymptomatic inhaled foreign body

A bullet in the lung for 2 years

Muhammad U. Salim, Asif Asghar, Irum Tareen and Muhammad Azhar
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1136-1139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.16046
Muhammad U. Salim
From the Department of Respiratory Medicine (Salim), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, the Department of Thoracic Surgery (Asghar, Tareen, Azhar), The Pakistan Navy Ship, Shifa International Hospitals, Karachi, Pakistan
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Irum Tareen
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Muhammad Azhar
From the Department of Respiratory Medicine (Salim), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, the Department of Thoracic Surgery (Asghar, Tareen, Azhar), The Pakistan Navy Ship, Shifa International Hospitals, Karachi, Pakistan
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