Citation

Sola JE, Cateriano JH, Thompson WR, Neville HL. Pediatr. Surg. Int. 2008; 24(4): 495-497.

Affiliation

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Holtz Center 3019, 1611 NW 12 Street, 33136, Miami, FL, USA. jsola@med.miami.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00383-007-2057-9

PMID

17973112

Abstract

While cardiac foreign bodies after trauma have been described in the literature, we report the first case of intentional injury in an infant with an intracardiac needle. We review the literature and stress the need for a high degree of vigilance in evaluating children for potential child abuse.

Language: en