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A late-onset seizure in a child due to intracranial needle
Author(s) -
Pınar Gençpınar,
Ebru Barsal Çetiner,
Muhammet Akyüz,
Kami̇l Karaali̇,
Reşit Köken,
Şenay Haspolat
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
neurology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 2035-8377
DOI - 10.4081/ni.2014.5662
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , pediatrics , neurology , seizure disorders , epilepsy , epileptic seizure , surgery , psychiatry
Placing of sewing needles in the brain through the anterior fontanel is a rare entity. There are very few cases reported in literature. Most of them were asymptomatic, but some of them presented with seizure. We report here a 14-year-old boy, who was admitted to the Pediatric Neurology Department with a history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures due to sewing needle located in the frontal lobe

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