Citation

Jamilla FP, Casey LC. Chest 1998; 113(2): 531-534.

Affiliation

Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9498978

Abstract

An unusual case of a self-inflicted intracardiac injury with a sewing needle caused a pneumothorax. Fewer than ten cases of needles in the heart have been reported in the recent medical literature; none of these cases was associated with presence of a pneumothorax. The literature regarding self-inflicted injury with needles in the heart is reviewed.

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