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Sewing needle: a rare cause of intra-cardiac foreign body in a 3-year-old child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Sandeep Choudhary ,
Suresh Pujar Venkateshacharya  and
Chinnaswamy Reddy
Sandeep Choudhary*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Suresh Pujar Venkateshacharya
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chinnaswamy Reddy
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr S. Choudhary, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, 258/A, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru 560099, Karnataka, India. Tel: 941 441 6405; Fax: 080-27835222; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Sewing needles are rare causes of penetrating cardiac injury. Suicidal attempt, accidental penetration, domestic violence, and child abuse are likely causes for such injury.1 Owing to their sharp nature, needles can rapidly migrate through the tissues. Fatalities are due to cardiac tamponade, infection, peripheral embolism, and valve dysfunction.

Keywords

Sewing needleintra-cardiac foreign bodychild abuse
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 7 , October 2016 , pp. 1425 - 1427
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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References

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