Intracranially Retained Sewing Needle in a Child: Does the Rust on the Needle Have any Implication? |
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Authors: | Naci Balak Güçlühan Güçlü Ismail Karaca Sema Aksoy |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Neurosurgery,Bakirk?y Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey;2.Department of Radiology,Bakirk?y Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey;3.Atasehir 70 Ada Mimoza 5/5 D:10, Kü?ükbakkalk?y, Kadik?y,Istanbul,Turkey;4.Atasehir 70 Ada Mimoza 5/5 D:10 Kü?ükbakkalk?y, Kadik?y,Istanbul,Turkey |
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Abstract: | Abstract A penetrating injury with a sewing needle is a rare phenomenon. The pathophysiological mechanism of late epilepsy after penetrating
injuries is not clear. A 10-year-old female child had a seizure. An X-ray study of the skull and the cranial computed tomography
scans showed a foreign object retained in the skull cavity. She was intact on neurological examination. Electroencephalogram
(EEG) showed that there was bioelectrical disorganization in both hemispheres, being more prominent on the left side. A right
posterior frontal median craniotomy was performed in order not to retract the left hemisphere within the interhemispheric
fissure and the sewing needle was removed successfully. The sewing needle was rusted. The reason for the patient's seizure,
10 years after the injury, may be the corrosion of the sewing needle and rust formation in this case. |
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Keywords: | Corrosion Epilepsy Penetrating brain injury Rust Sewing needle |
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