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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Case Reports
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
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description 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 case of its type involving hypodermic needles. Given that intracranial needles are a rare finding, the management of such patients is complex. Two management issues in particular that require consideration are: (i) can the needles be left in situ and (ii) does removal of the needles reduce the risk of seizures in the long term?
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spelling pubmed-42979602015-09-02 A case of psychosis induced self-insertion of intracranial hypodermic needles causing seizures Chandran, Arjun S. Honeybul, Stephen J Surg Case Rep Case Reports 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 case of its type involving hypodermic needles. Given that intracranial needles are a rare finding, the management of such patients is complex. Two management issues in particular that require consideration are: (i) can the needles be left in situ and (ii) does removal of the needles reduce the risk of seizures in the long term? Oxford University Press 2015-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4297960/ /pubmed/25600130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju145 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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