Intracranial sewing needle

A 45-year-old patient was found to have an intracranial sewing needle, located in the left frontal lobe. The needle was detected incidentally after minor head trauma. The clinical and radiological findings suggested that it might have entered the brain through the anterior fontanelle.

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Published inJournal of clinical neuroscience Vol. 13; no. 8; pp. 855 - 856
Main Authors Tun, Kagan, Kaptanoglu, Erkan, Faruk Turkoglu, O., Cengiz Celikmez, R., Beskonakli, Ethem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2006
Subjects
Brain
Foreign Bodies - complications
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign body
Frontal Lobe - pathology
Head Injuries, Closed - complications
Humans
Incidental Findings
Male
Middle Aged
Needles
Radiography
Sewing needle
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Radiography
Brain
Sewing needle
Foreign body
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Summary:A 45-year-old patient was found to have an intracranial sewing needle, located in the left frontal lobe. The needle was detected incidentally after minor head trauma. The clinical and radiological findings suggested that it might have entered the brain through the anterior fontanelle.
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ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2005.06.018