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Penetrating Cardiac Injury Following Sewing Needle Ingestion

Sanju Sobnach, Franco Castillo, René Blanco Vinent, Delawir Kahn, and Ahmed Bhyat

Heart Lung Circ 20(7):3 (2011) PMID 21315651

Penetrating cardiac injuries are common in South Africa. Reports describing traumatic lesions to the heart caused by caudo-cranial migration of ingested foreign bodies are however extremely rare. Delayed presentation and intervention are associated with poor outcome in these patients; cardiac tamponade remains the most serious complication. We present the case of a 19 year-old man who sustained a left ventricular injury after intentionally swallowing eight sewing needles. The impacted needle was removed through a median sternotomy and the patient recovered uneventfully.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.01.006
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