A piece of glass in the heart.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Most posttraumatic foreign bodies are metal objects in the heart, such as bullets and needles; nonmetal objects are very rare. We now report a case in which a piece of glass entered a girl's heart from an injury to the right side of her neck. Six months later, we successfully removed the glass shard from the anterior wall of the right ventricle.
Medical subject headings
- Chest Pain
- Diagnostic Errors
- Foreign Bodies
- Glass
- Heart Ventricles
- Neck Injuries
- Pericardial Effusion
- Pericarditis
- Pleurisy
- Thoracic Cavity