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Cardiac tamponade caused by migration of a swallowed sewing needle
Djokić Vesna1, Atanasijević Tatjana, Savić Slobodan
1Institute of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Belgrade, Deligradska 31 a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. bobanvladislav@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The case of a 20-year-old female prisoner who died due to cardiac tamponade caused by a swallowed sewing needle migration is reported. According to the autopsy report and complete analysis of medical records, the migration of the swallowed needle was reconstructed: from esophagus and stomach, through diaphragm and pericardium up to the left heart ventricle, where the needle was found at the autopsy. The case is very interesting and unique: there has been no similar case described in medical literature so far.
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