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. 1988 Jan;59(1):77–80. doi: 10.1136/hrt.59.1.77

Chronic constrictive pericarditis caused by self-mutilation with sewing needles. A case report and review of published reports.

B E Keogh 1, C M Oakley 1, K M Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC1277078  PMID: 3277655

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.

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