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.
Tun
Kagan
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. kagantun@yahoo.com
Kaptanoglu
Erkan
E
Turkoglu
O Faruk
OF
Celikmez
R Cengiz
RC
Beskonakli
Ethem
E
D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed