title: Migration of a Needle From the Chest Wall Into the Right Ventricle in a 10-Year-Old Child.
abstract: Cardiac foreign bodies are rare in children and the nature or timing of the injury may be hard to ascertain. We report a case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with a 28-mm solid core needle in the left chest wall that advanced into his right ventricle, possibly from soft tissue manipulation. Computed tomography, intraoperative fluoroscopy, and echocardiography were necessary to locate the needle and successfully remove it surgically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Jerette J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.affiliation: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Post
authors.affiliation: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Plumley
authors.affiliation: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA william.decampli@orlandohealth.com.|Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: DeCampli
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: foreign body; myocardial injury; pediatric; penetrating; right; trauma; ventricle