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Do foreign bodies migrate through the body towards the heart?

Fixation of foreign bodies (FB), in the mucosa, can favor its migration, giving origin to the popular saying: “FB walk to the heart”. AIM: describe the mechanisms involved in FB migration and how to diagnose them. METHODOLOGY: From a sample of 3,000 foreign bodies, during 40 years, we analyzed four...

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Autores principales: Mamede, Rui Celso Martins, Amaral, Fabiana do, Raimundo, Daniel Garcia, Freitas, Luiz Carlos Conti de, Ricz, Hilton M.A., Mello-Filho, Francisco V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19575104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)30778-3