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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 85-87 |
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Nail in the heart of a 4-year-old Nigerian girl
Ibrahim Aliyu1, Ismail M Inuwa2
1 Department of Paediatrics, Cardiothoracic Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Ibrahim Aliyu
Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/0189-7969.127007
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Children are very active and explorational, some of the plays they engage in occasionally put them in harm's way. Common problems often encountered especially in those less than 3 years are cases of foreign body aspiration and ingestion. However, we report a case of traumatic chest penetrating nail injury with penetration of the right ventricle in a 4-year-old Nigerian girl; who was fortunate to have survived following successfully surgical extraction of the nail. |
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