Images in emergency medicine. Chronic neck pain from a retained needle as a result of intravenous drug use. Acute neck abscess and cellulitis with retained needle fragments as a result of intravenous drug use.
Dickinson
Edward T
ET
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
DeRoos
Francis J
FJ
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D009339:Needles; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous