Asymptomatic intracardiac migration of a Kirschner wire from the right rib

作者:Zhang, Weizhi; Song, Fenglin; Yang, Yifeng; Tang, Jingqun*
来源:Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2014, 18(4): 525-526.
DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivt539

摘要

We report the case of a 50-year old man diagnosed with intracardiac migration of a Kirschner wire (K-wire). The patient had undergone surgical fixation of rib fracture 32 months previously. Chest roentgenograms, chest computed tomographic scans and echocardiography revealed that one of the K-wires had migrated to the right ventricle. The K-wire was removed immediately. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported instance of asymptomatic intracardiac migration of a K-wire from the right rib.