Intracranial sewing needles in a 20-year-old patient.
A 20-year-old patient is reported with three intracranial sewing needles, which were located in the frontal lobes. The clinicoradiologic findings strongly suggested that they must have been placed into the brain through the anterior fontanelle during an unsuccessful homicide attempt in infancy.
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Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009339:Needles / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed