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Abstract We describe herein the successful surgical removal of an intrapulmonary aberrant needle. An asymptomatic 47-year-old woman underwent a routine chest X-ray which revealed a needle located in the right S8 area. We first tried to extract the needle; however, fluoroscopic examination confirmed that it had broken into two pieces and therefore, partial resection of the right S8 was performed. To...