[Foreign Body in Chest Wall with Traumatic Pneumothorax Caused by Fang of Wild Boar].

We report a case of foreign body in chest wall with traumatic pneumothorax caused by fang of wild boar performed video-assisted thoracic surgery. The patient was a 69-year-old woman. She was attacked from behind by a wild boar during farm work. She was transferred to the emergency and critical care center of our hospital. She was in a state of hemorrhagic shock when arrived with multiple bite wounds on her back. Computed tomography( CT) scan revealed left pneumothorax and a foreign body in chest wall suspected to be a wild boar fang. Thoracoscopic surgery was performed to remove the foreign body.