title: The intravenous foreign body: a report of 2 cases.
abstract: Two cases of metallic foreign body injury to the upper limb are described. In both cases the foreign body was clearly visible on x-rays, considered to be lodged in the soft tissues, but migrated to one of the large subcutaneous veins. One subsequently migrated to the heart; the other was removed from the peripheral vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Claudia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gschwind
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014680:Veins