Figure 2
From: Metallic foreign body deep in the prevertebral space after an endomyocardial biopsy: a case report
Intraoperative findings. (a) Intraoperative imaging showed the metallic cup tip adjacent to the vertebral vein buried within the prevertebral musculature; note the anatomic relationship of the sympathetic trunk (*) and the internal jugular vein. (b) Photography of the extracted specimen showed a 0.4 × 0.2 × 0.1cm metallic cup. Abbreviations: IJV, internal jugular vein; VV, vertebral vein.