title: Intracardiac migration of a Kirschner wire: case report and literature review.
abstract: Migration of orthopedic wires to a solid organ or body cavity is a rare complication that can cause various symptoms and may lead to death. We report a patient with Kirschner wire (K-wire) migration from the right pelvic cavity, a previous fracture site, into the right ventricle of the heart. K-wire migration was initially detected by simple chest radiography. The origin of the foreign body was initially unclear. Cardiac CT angiography with volume-rendered imaging helped to locate the migrating K-wire in the heart; a pelvic scan showed another K-wire in the right pelvic bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 86 Asanbyeongwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Joon-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tae-Hwan
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography
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