Intracranial foreign body (sewing needle)

Case contributed by Ceyhun Hacı
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Headache.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male

Sewing needle stuck in interhemispheric fissure having passed the superior sagittal sinus. 

Sewing needle stuck in interhemispheric fissure having passed the superior sagittal sinus. 

Case Discussion

This finding was found by chance during a CT examination of the paranasal sinuses.

It is not known when and how this occurred.

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