Migrating Foreign Body in the Heart

Foreign bodies in the heart are a rare condition and an exact mechanism for this occurrence has not been well described. These objects can reach the heart by direct penetration due to local trauma or through intravenous migration or may remain in the heart after medical procedures. The most common f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lemaire, Anthony, Kennedy, Raymond, Ikegami, Hirohisa, Takebe, Manabu, Sunagawa, Gengo, Russo, Mark J, Lee, Leonard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755527
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25294
Descripción
Sumario:Foreign bodies in the heart are a rare condition and an exact mechanism for this occurrence has not been well described. These objects can reach the heart by direct penetration due to local trauma or through intravenous migration or may remain in the heart after medical procedures. The most common foreign bodies that reach the heart are bullets and shrapnel. The purpose of this study is to review a case where a patient injected himself with recreational drugs. The needle subsequently dislodged from the syringe and migrated into the heart.

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