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A case of psychosis induced self-insertion of intracranial hypodermic needles causing seizures

Self-insertion of foreign bodies is a rare event. This report details a 56-year-old male who had self-inserted six hypodermic needles into his left frontal lobe 6 years previously. He subsequently presented with seizures and went on to have the needles surgically removed. This represents the first c...

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Autores principales: Chandran, Arjun S., Honeybul, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4297960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju145