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A Curious Case of Needle Embolism to the Heart in a Former Addict: Cardiac Tamponade Ten Years after the Last Use of Injective Drugs

, Sofia Martin Suarez, Valentina Orioli, , Antonino Costantino, · Journal on Surgery · 2024

Cardiac needle embolism is a rare condition. We present the rare case of a 47-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use. He developed pleuro-pericarditis, but after a few days the patient became clinically unstable and a CT scan revealed a needle embedded in the right ventricular wall.

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