TY - JOUR
T1 - Intramyocardial foreign body
T2 - Sewing needle with the uncommon clinical feature of constrictive pericarditis
AU - Nishida, Satoru
AU - Tomita, Shigeyuki
AU - Watanabe, Go
AU - Yasuda, Tamotsu
AU - Iino, Kenji
AU - Arai, Sadahiko
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - A rare case of intracardiac injury with a sewing needle causing constrictive pericarditis is reported. A 72-year-old woman was admitted with edema of the face and legs. A chest radiogram showed a needle-shaped metallic image overlying the cardiac silhouette. Computed tomography revealed the needle was located in the left ventricular myocardium, and also showed a thickened pericardium. Surgical removal of the needle and pericardectomy were performed simultaneously.
AB - A rare case of intracardiac injury with a sewing needle causing constrictive pericarditis is reported. A 72-year-old woman was admitted with edema of the face and legs. A chest radiogram showed a needle-shaped metallic image overlying the cardiac silhouette. Computed tomography revealed the needle was located in the left ventricular myocardium, and also showed a thickened pericardium. Surgical removal of the needle and pericardectomy were performed simultaneously.
KW - Constrictive pericarditis
KW - Sewing needle
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U2 - 10.1007/s11748-005-0145-0
DO - 10.1007/s11748-005-0145-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 16363717
AN - SCOPUS:28844451987
SN - 1344-4964
VL - 53
SP - 598
EP - 600
JO - Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 11
ER -