title: Cardiac tamponade caused by an ingested sewing needle. A case report.
abstract: Ingested sharp-pointed foreign bodies can cause serious complications. A case of a 16-year-old girl with cardiac tamponade due to ingestion of a sewing needle is presented. Ingested needles have often been reported as a cause of gastrointestinal injuries but in this rare case the sewing needle actually migrated into the myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. ahmetcekirdekci@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cekirdekci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ilkay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome