Intracranial sewing needles in a 20-year-old patient.

Articles > Article ยท 1997

Authors: R N Sener

Journal of neuroradiology = Journal de neuroradiologie, International, 1997, vol 24, pp 212-4

Summary

A 20-year-old patient is reported with three intracranial sewing needles, which were located in the frontal lobes. The clinicoradiologic findings strongly suggested that they must have been placed into the brain through the anterior fontanelle during an unsuccessful homicide attempt in infancy.

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