title: A remnant sewing needle in the right ventricle as a cause of chest pain.
abstract: Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are potentially life-threatening. We report a case of a self-inflicted remnant intracardiac sewing needle which is diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain and successfully extracted 23 months after its insertion.
authors.affiliation: Ege University Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gungor
authors.forename: Hamza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duygu
authors.forename: Bekir Serhat
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zoghi
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozerkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003863:Depression; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications*