Sewing needle injuries of the brain

Barlas, Orhan; Gökay, H

doi:10.1097/00006123-198307000-00026

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“…Most of the patients do not remember when and how the needle penetrated into the intracranial area. The reason for this is that these events happen in early childhood and the needles are inserted in the intracranial area before the fontanelles and sutures are closed [9]. The victims are usually orphans who are subjected to this abuse by stepmothers, siblings, or other family members with psychological problems.…”

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Incidentally Diagnosed Intracranial Sewing Needle in an Adult Patient: A Failed Infanticide Attempt?

Üçler

Yücetaş

2016

Pediatr Neurosurg

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Incidentally Diagnosed Intracranial Sewing Needle in an Adult Patient: A Failed Infanticide Attempt?

Üçler

Yücetaş

2016

Pediatr Neurosurg

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“…Sewing needles embedded in the brain have very rarely been reported. Until now, we have found almost 20 such cases in the literature [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. The criminals usually insert a needle into the brain through the fontanel or soft calvarial bones [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Child abuse can occur in various ways, but to kill a child by embedding a sewing needle into the brain has rarely been reported [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. In those cases that have been reported, the needle has generally been inserted into the brain through the fontanel or soft bones of the calvarium.…”

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Intracerebral Sewing Needle

Yolaş

Aydın²,

Özdikici³

et al. 2007

Pediatr Neurosurg

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A 9-year-old male patient complaining of seizure attack was admitted to the neurosurgery department. Radiologic investigations revealed a 5-cm-long metallic sewing needle extending from the right frontal cortex to the right lateral ventricle. Burr hole surgery was performed and the needle was grasped with biopsy forceps and removed with endoscopic guidance. The patient recovered without any complications.

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“…In these reports, a few patients admitted the needles had been inserted by an accident while the others and their relatives had no idea about how they had been inserted. Intracranial needles with unknown etiology but presumably introduced in infancy before the closure of the fontanellas has been reported previously [11][12][13][14][15]. These patients were diagnosed in adulthood with the complaint of headache and seizures and CNS imaging techniques strikingly demonstrated the needles.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Sometimes surgical objects may be left in the brain during surgery [9]. Patients with intracranial needles were rarely reported previously [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. In these reports, a few patients admitted the needles had been inserted by an accident while the others and their relatives had no idea about how they had been inserted.…”

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confidence: 99%