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01-04-2022 | Clinical Case Studies

Needle Pulmonary Embolism in an Intravenous Drug User: a Case Report

Authors: Amr A. Arafat, Mustafa Rady, Mohamed Ebrahim, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 2/2022

Abstract

Pulmonary needle embolization in intravenous drug users is rarely reported in the literature. The management of these patients is controversial. We presented a male patient aged 33 years old who presented with a broken needle in the left arm after a trial of self-drug injection. During the trial to retrieve the needle, it embolized to the lung. Chest X-ray and CT scan showed the needle in the right lower lobe. We managed the patient conservatively; then, the patient was discharged on antiplatelet therapy. After the 6-month follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic with no complication.

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Title: Needle Pulmonary Embolism in an Intravenous Drug User: a Case Report
Authors: Amr A. Arafat
Mustafa Rady
Mohamed Ebrahim
Ahmed F. Elmahrouk
Publication date: 01-04-2022
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00420-y

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