Chest pain in young adults is usually self-limited and of benign etiology. However, rare causes of chest pain must be considered in patients for whom initial diagnostic tests are negative, particularly if unusual risk factors are identified. The authors present a rare case describing a 27-year-old male intravenous drug user who developed transient chest pain most likely secondary to pericardial irritation caused by a needle fragment that embolized from a peripheral vein to his right ventricle. The current literature on intracardiac needles and similar foreign bodies is discussed, providing insight to the epidemiology, complications, and treatment of such patients.

• MeSH
• bolesti na hrudi diagnóza   etiologie   MeSH
• diferenciální diagnóza MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• embolie diagnóza   etiologie   MeSH
• jehly škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• migrace cizích těles komplikace   diagnóza   MeSH
• srdeční komory zranění   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• žilní tromboembolie diagnóza   etiologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH
• přehledy MeSH