Needle injury to the heart.
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چکیده
Over 160 cases of injury to the heart by pins and needles have been reported (Hermoni et al., 1986). These objects reached the heart by a number of routes including embolization and penetration from adjacent organs after ingestion. However the most common mode of injury was by direct transthoracic penetration and the majority of these were accidental in nature. We present the history of a 22-year-old male psychiatric patient who deliberately inserted a sewing needle into his heart via the chest wall. The difficulties in assessing the number of foreign bodies and their location within the thorax are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of emergency medicine
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992