The 3-centimeter-long needle has seemingly caused no major health issues and will remain put.
Russian doctors have stumbled upon a remarkable tale of survival. They detail finding a needle that has been lodged inside an 80-year-old woman’s brain her entire life. The needle seems to be the result of a botched infanticide, but it has apparently caused no major health issues and will not be removed. The strange case was reported earlier this month by local health officials in Sakhalin, a remote island off the far east region of Russia.
The needle would be inserted into the brain’s fontanelle—the baby’s soft spot—which would then quickly close up and remove any evidence of the act. ”Such cases during years of famine were not uncommon,” the local health department said in its statement. Amazingly, despite the needle penetrating the woman’s parietal lobe, she survived. More than that, she appears to have not experienced serious health issues as a result of the injury, not even headaches.
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