[An Indic woman with 'needles' on the X-thorax].
A 91-year-old woman had multiple needle-like structures in the orofacial region, shoulders and in the left upper arm, incidentally discovered on X-thorax. The needles are known as 'susuks' or 'charm needles'. They are worn as talismans and are believed to give the wearer, among other things, health, beauty and protection. The needles cause no harm and can remain in situ.
Amphia Ziekenhuis, locatie Langendijk, afd. Geriatrie, Breda, The Netherlands. ndingelstad@amphia.nl
Nathalie T W
NT
Dingelstad
Richard A M
RA
de Jonckheere
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009339:Needles; D011859:Radiography