A Remnant Sewing Needle in the Right Ventricle as a Cause of Chest Pain

Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are potentially life‐threatening. We report a case of a self‐inflicted remnant intracardiac sewing needle which is diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain and successfully extracted 23 months after its insertion. Copyright © 2009 Wiley...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 2010-01, Vol.33 (1), p.E23-E25
Hauptverfasser:	Gungor, Hasan, Duygu, Hamza, Yildiz, Bekir Serhat, Gul, Ilker, Zoghi, Mehdi, Ozerkan, Filiz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Case Report Case Reports Chest Pain - diagnosis Chest Pain - etiology Depression Foreign Bodies - complications Foreign Bodies - surgery Heart Ventricles - injuries Humans Male Self-Injurious Behavior - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are potentially life‐threatening. We report a case of a self‐inflicted remnant intracardiac sewing needle which is diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain and successfully extracted 23 months after its insertion. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:	0160-9289 1932-8737 1932-8737
DOI:	10.1002/clc.20530