Pericarditis Due to Needle Embolism Following Intravenous Drug Use
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Needle embolism in intravenous drug abuse
Although intravenous drug users report the breaking of a needle as a relatively common occurrence, central embolism of needle fragments occurs infrequently in the literature. Central needle embolism also poses a conundrum for the radiologist, as the needle may be easily overlooked when the clinical history is nonspecific. We present two cases of needle embolism to the lung, one complicated by i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart, Lung and Circulation
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1443-9506
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.421