Correct diagnosis and successful treatment for pericardial effusion due to toothpick injury: A case report and literature review

Table 3 Summary of toothpick migrating into heart

Case No.	Age/Sex	S/S	Pre-op diagnosis of FB	Perforation or peritonitis	Treatment	Primary site	Post-op diagnosis	Mortality
Case 1[13]	67/F	Chest pain Tamponade	Negative	Negative	Sternotomy	NA	Toothpick migrating to pericardium and right coronary artery laceration	Nil
Case 2[14]	53/M	Dyspnea	Negative	Negative	Sternotomy	Diaphragm site of heart	Toothpick migrating to pericardium	Nil
		Chest pain
		Fever
Our case	55/M	Dyspnea Chest pain	Positive	Negative	Laparotomy	Stomach	Toothpick migrating to pericardium through liver	Nil

M: male; F: female; S/S: symptom/sign; Pre-op: preoperative; FB: foreign body; NA: not available.