| Literature DB >> 3277655 |
B E Keogh1, C M Oakley, K M Taylor.
Abstract
A 34 year old woman with a history of self-mutilation developed severe constrictive pericarditis with sterile, calcified intrapericardial abscess cavities as a result of inserting sewing needles into her chest seven years previously. After pericardiectomy she made a good recovery.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3277655 PMCID: PMC1277078 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.59.1.77
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Heart J ISSN: 0007-0769