Cardiac needle embolism is a rare condition. We present the rare case of a 47-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use. He developed pleuro-pericarditis, but after a few days the patient became clinically unstable and a CT scan revealed a needle embedded in the right ventricular wall.
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