title: Central embolization of needle fragment following intravenous drug abuse.
abstract: A case of migration of a broken needle from the right femoral vein to the heart leading to severe pericarditis in a heroin addict is described.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gyrtrup
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Andreassen
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Mortensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology