title: Cervical intradural glass fragment: a rare cause of neuropathic pain.
abstract: Intradural foreign bodies after penetrating injuries are seen very rarely.     Limited number of cases of glass fragments in the spinal canal were reported     previously. Migration of foreign bodies and delayed onset of neurological     symptoms due to foreign bodies were also reported. In this report a 33-year-old     male patient was presented, who had penetration of glass fragments through     oropharyngeal mucosa in to the spinal canal after crashing into a glass door.     Glass fragment, which migrated through an unusual route, and reached cervical     spinal intradural space, caused neuropathic pain with radicular symptoms, 21     years after the initial injury. This case report emphasize that after     penetrating injuries of spine, foreign bodies may remain silent until the     patient became symptomatic years after the initial injury and these foreign     bodies may migrate to extreme distant and unexpected locations in the central     nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey. moakcakaya@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet Osman
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Akcakaya
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.forename: Ali Guven
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Yorukoglu
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ovalioglu
authors.forename: Altay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sencer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*