Surgical removal of a posttraumatic intracardiac foreign body in a child.
The authors report the successful surgical removal of a foreign body (7 x 1 cm wooden stick) from the right atrial of a 8 year-old child 77 days after a transfixing chest trauma caused by falling over a fence. The clinical presentation was infective endocarditis confirmed by the presence of an intraatrial mass at echocardiography. The postoperative course was uneventful. At 6 months follow-up, the patient is in Function Class I (NYHA) and in complete remission of infection.
Nina
Vinicius José da Silva
VJ
Heart Surgery Section of Hospital Universitário of the Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil. rvnina@terra.com.br
Nina
Rachel Vilela de Abreu Haickel
RV
Mendes
Vinícius Giuliano Gonçalves
VG
Souza
Francival Leite de
FL
D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis