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An unexplained foreign body in the myocardium

A J Marshall MD FRCP   N J Ring FRCR  ¹   P L Newman FRCPath  ²

Department of Cardiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK
¹ Department of Cardiology Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK
² Department of Cardiology Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8DH, UK

View larger version (143K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Chest X-ray following pacing demonstrates the linear metallic fragment (white arrowhead)

 

View larger version (129K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Post-mortem X-ray of heart demonstrates the foreign body (long arrow) and the pacing wire (short arrow)

 

View larger version (132K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Section through the heart at necropsy showing relation of the metallic fragment (white arrowhead) to the tag (presumed entry site) and the left anterior descending coronary artery (black arrow)

 

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