Sewing needle: a rare cause of intra-cardiac foreign body in a 3-year-old child.
Sewing needles are rare causes of penetrating cardiac injury. Suicidal attempt, accidental penetration, domestic violence, and child abuse are likely causes for such injury. 1 Owing to their sharp nature, needles can rapidly migrate through the tissues. Fatalities are due to cardiac tamponade, infection, peripheral embolism, and valve dysfunction.
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences,Bengaluru,Karnataka,India.
Sandeep
S
Choudhary
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences,Bengaluru,Karnataka,India.
Suresh
S
Pujar Venkateshacharya
2Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences,Bengaluru,Karnataka,India.
Chinnaswamy
C
Reddy
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Sewing needle; child abuse; intra-cardiac foreign body