Foreign Body of the Heart

Abstract

Foreign bodies in the heart is rare and can be life threatening. Early diagnosis and removal are very important. X-ray, computed tomography and echocardiography are the main diagnostic methods. In this article, a 14-year-old male patient who had chest pain for ten days, whose pain increased when lying down for the last two days, and who was found to have a foreign body needle in the heart in the pediatric emergency service is presented. It was learned that the needle was voluntarily inserted by our patient, who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome seven years ago and did not follow-up regularly. It was learned that the chest X-ray taken at another hospital 2 days before applying to our hospital was evaluated as normal. The needle that caused lung contusion, right pleural effusion, right ventricular contusion, right coronary artery injury and pericardial effusion was successfully removed by open heart surgery. It is presented to draw attention to the rarity of cases with a foreign body in the heart in the literature and the careful evaluation of the X-rays.

Keywords

• foreign body
• heart
• needle
• child