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Constrictive pericarditis due to ingestion of a toothpick
B P Meyns1, B C Faveere, F J Van de Werf
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of a 53-year-old man with constrictive pericarditis due to the ingestion of a toothpick is presented. Computed tomography was unable to show the toothpick, and the diagnosis was made during the operation. Ingested toothpicks have often been reported as a cause of gastrointestinal injuries but in this rare case a toothpick actually migrated into the pericardium.