Intracranial sewing needles: Review of 13 cases.

Abbassioun, Kazem; Ameli, N. O.; Morshed, Akm Amirul

doi:10.1136/jnnp.42.11.1046

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“…If the first homicide attempt were not successful, a second, third, or even more attempts might be performed to harm the victim [14]. There are reports of insertion of needles to the other parts of victims' body such as chest and abdomen [12][13][14][15][16]. But the patient presented here is from the Zhuang ethnicity.…”

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“…Similarly, Ilbay et al [19] recommends conservative approach if the patient is symptom-free and diagnosis is purely incidental and there is no risk of infection. Also, Abbassioun et al [12] point out that metallic foreign bodies are much better tolerated in the brain than fragments of bone.…”

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“…Headache and epilepsy are the main symptoms and they often appear when the patient reaches adulthood [12]. Other rare clinical features of intracranial needles are hemiparesis and gait disturbance, brain abscess, hemi-chorea and cranial nerve palsy [9,17,18].…”

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“…There have been reports of voluntary infanticide earlier in literature. The offending person is usually the stepmother, but psychopathic mother, aunt, stepsister, and baby sitter have also been mentioned as offenders [12,13]. If the first homicide attempt were not successful, a second, third, or even more attempts might be performed to harm the victim [14].…”

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Intracranial foreign body through the sagittal sinus: case report and review of literature

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Objective: To investigate therapeutic effect of surgery that removes an intracranial foreign body through the intracranial sagittal sinus with help of intraoperative navigation and intraoperative fluorescein angiography. Methods: We performed operation on a patient with intracranial foreign body. Under guidance of intraoperative navigation, combined with intraoperative fluorescein angiography to avoid sagittal sinus damage, we opened the dura mater and removed the foreign body with minimally invasive technique. Results: Surgical positioning was very accurate with neuronavigation, intraoperative fluorescein angiography displayed the venous drainage along the sagittal sinus in order to prevent its rupture; the intracranial foreign body was removed successfully without any post-operative complications. Conclusion: Intraoperative navigation and intraoperative fluorescein angiography technologies to guide the removal of the foreign metal body inserted through the sagittal sinus have the following advantages: Accurate positioning, minimally invasive, reliable curative effect, quick postoperative recovery and overall fewer complications.

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Intracranial foreign body through the sagittal sinus: case report and review of literature

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“…Azariah et al showed that the brain tissue tolerates metallic foreign bodies very well, and the incidence of delayed brain abscess is relatively rare [10]. A mechanism has been reported, it has been shown that a fibrous capsule, containing deposits of porous and flaky iron rust, covers the surface of needle, and makes the needles avoid the rejection of the brain [11]. Amirjamshidi et al used quantitative XRF spectrometry to examine the ingredients of the needles and its coating.…”

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A 61 Year Old Man with Intracranial Sewing Needle

Hao¹,

Zhen-tao²,

Li³

2017

J Neurol Neurophysiol

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Intracranial foreign bodies are rare entities, sewing needles are even more so. There are very few cases reported in scientific literature. Most of the patients presented with headache or seizure, but some of them were asymptomatic. We detail a 61 year old man who was admitted to our hospital with slight dizzy and accidently found a sewing needle in his brain. Fortunately, he suffered no headache or epileptic seizure and was asymptomatic during the past years.

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Intracerebral foreign body: A needle in a dog's brain

Lehner

Czeibert²

2022

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An 8‐year‐old Maltese dog was referred for surgery due to an intracranial foreign body. The dog had been hit by a car and had experienced three generalised tonic‐clonic seizures. Examination by computed tomography revealed an intracranial metallic object oriented in a vertical direction. The ventral end protruded by 2 mm, in close proximity to the temporomandibular joint. Furthermore, moderate bilateral ventricular dilatation was observed. During the surgery, object removal was initially attempted via the oral cavity, but due to deep coverage by the neighbouring tissues, a rostrotentorial craniotomy was subsequently chosen to remove the foreign body from the brain. The foreign body was identified as a sewing needle. Postoperative computed tomography revealed that the intracranial part of the needle had been removed completely, leaving only the extracranial part, which had become detached from the rest of the needle. Antiepileptic drugs have been continued postoperatively, and the dog is currently symptom‐free.

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Intracranial sewing needles: Review of 13 cases.

Cited by 34 publications

References 5 publications

Intracranial foreign body through the sagittal sinus: case report and review of literature

Intracranial foreign body through the sagittal sinus: case report and review of literature

A 61 Year Old Man with Intracranial Sewing Needle

Intracerebral foreign body: A needle in a dog's brain

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