Needle emboli to lung following intravenous drug abuse.
Presented is the case of a 36-year-old man using central venous sites for injection of street drugs. X-ray study revealed numerous retained subcutaneous needles as well as a needle that had embolized to the lung periphery. This represents, to the best of our knowledge, a previously unreported complication of central venous injection of street drugs.
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
D013287:Illicit Drugs