title: Cardiac tamponade caused by migration of a swallowed sewing needle.
abstract: The case of a 20-year-old female prisoner who died due to cardiac tamponade caused by a swallowed sewing needle migration is reported. According to the autopsy report and complete analysis of medical records, the migration of the swallowed needle was reconstructed: from esophagus and stomach, through diaphragm and pericardium up to the left heart ventricle, where the needle was found at the autopsy. The case is very interesting and unique: there has been no similar case described in medical literature so far.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Belgrade, Deligradska 31 a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. bobanvladislav@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Djokić
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vesna
authors.forename: Atanasijević
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatjana
authors.forename: Savić
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Slobodan
authors.forename: Nikolić
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Slobodan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles