Central embolization of needle fragment following intravenous drug abuse.
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.
Gyrtrup
H J
HJ
Andreassen
K H
KH
Pedersen
J H
JH
Mortensen
L B
LB
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