TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Penetrating Cardiac Injury Following Sewing Needle Ingestion
JO  - Heart, lung and circulation
A1  - Sobnach, Sanju
A1  - Castillo, Franco
A1  - Blanco Vinent, René
A1  - Kahn, Delawir
A1  - Bhyat, Ahmed
SP  - 479
EP  - 481
VL  - 20
IS  - 7
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1443-9506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.01.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -