title: Suspected cranial migration of two sewing needles from the stomach of a dog.
abstract: Thoracic radiographs demonstrated a needle-like foreign body within the myocardium of a three-year-old male labrador retriever examined for an unrelated illness. Six months later the dog became lethargic and inappetent. The original foreign body had not moved, and a second needle was present in the stomach. Laparotomy and gastrotomy revealed a sewing needle which had perforated the lesser curvature of the stomach and was migrating cranially. An organised fibrous band extended through the diaphragm, and it is suspected that the original myocardial foreign body had migrated from the stomach by this route.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bellenger
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach