Abbassioun K, Ameli N O, Morshed A A
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1979 Nov;42(11):1046-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.11.1046.
Three new cases of intracranial sewing needles are reported and are reviewed with 10 other published cases. These needles must have been introduced in infancy before the closure of fontanelles. The intention, at least in most cases, has been infanticide. Except in one case which the mother reported and two cases found at necropsy, the others were diagnosed by skull radiography. Headache and epilepsy were the main symptoms and they often appeared when the patient had reached adulthood. Removal of the needles lessened the symptoms.
本文报告了3例颅内缝针的新病例，并结合其他已发表的10例病例进行了综述。这些缝针肯定是在婴儿期囟门闭合之前就已进入颅内。至少在大多数情况下，其目的是杀婴。除了1例由母亲报告的病例和2例尸检时发现的病例外，其他病例均通过颅骨X线摄影确诊。头痛和癫痫是主要症状，且常常在患者成年后出现。取出缝针后症状有所减轻。
