Chronic constrictive pericarditis caused by self-mutilation with sewing needles. A case report and review of published reports

Abstract

A 34 year old woman with a history of self-multilation developed severe constrictive pericarditis with sterile, calcified intrapericardial abscess cavities as a result of inserting sewing needles into her chest seven years previously. After pericardiectomy she made a good recovery.