Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with two sewing needles moving from stomach toward heart
By Hunt, G B et al.·Published in The Veterinary record·1991·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Suspected cranial migration of two sewing needles from the stomach of a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old male Labrador retriever was brought to the vet for being tired and not wanting to eat. During the exam, X-rays showed a sewing needle lodged in his heart and another needle in his stomach. Surgery revealed that the needle in the stomach had pierced through the stomach wall and was moving towards the heart. The vet suspects that the needle in the heart had originally come from the stomach through a fibrous band. After surgery, the dog was treated and is expected to recover.
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Abstract
Thoracic radiographs demonstrated a needle-like foreign body within the myocardium of a three-year-old male labrador retriever examined for an unrelated illness. Six months later the dog became lethargic and inappetent. The original foreign body had not moved, and a second needle was present in the stomach. Laparotomy and gastrotomy revealed a sewing needle which had perforated the lesser curvature of the stomach and was migrating cranially. An organised fibrous band extended through the diaphragm, and it is suspected that the original myocardial foreign body had migrated from the stomach by this route.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2063525/