title: Surgical removal of a posttraumatic intracardiac foreign body in a child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Heart Surgery Section of Hospital Universitário of the Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil. rvnina@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Vinicius José da Silva
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Nina
authors.forename: Rachel Vilela de Abreu Haickel
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Nina
authors.forename: Vinícius Giuliano Gonçalves
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Francival Leite de
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: 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