Cardiac tamponade caused by migration of a swallowed sewing needle.
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.
Vesna
Djokić
D
Institute of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Belgrade, Deligradska 31 a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. bobanvladislav@yahoo.com
Tatjana
Atanasijević
A
Slobodan
Savić
S
Slobodan
Nikolić
N
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles