Heart embolization with the Kirschner wire without cardiac tamponade.
The case of the heart embolization with the Kirschner wire that was used for shoulder trauma fixation, 2 years previously in a 67-year-old female, is reported. This case is unique; although embolization of foreign bodies to the heart is not a novel occurrence, heart embolization with non-broken Kirschner wire with a total length of 13.5 cm without cardiac tamponade was not described in medical literature so far.
Stemberga
Valter
V
Institute of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 11, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. valter.stemberga@pu.t-com.nr
Bosnar
Alan
A
Bralic
Marina
M
Medved
Igor
I
Simic
Ognjen
O
Pocekaj
Lana
L
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery