2 needles found in woman's brain who underwent CT scan after accident

Zhengzhou: A 29-year-old woman who underwent a CT scan after a minor car accident was shocked to find two needles embedded deep in her brain. Zhu, from Zhengzhou in Henan Province of China, met with a car accident recently. She was advised to get a CT scan to ensure that there was no internal damage.

The CT scan showed no injuries related to the accident, however, it revealed something bizarre. There were two five-centimetre-long needle-shaped metal objects stuck in the woman's skull. The width of the metallic needles was about 4.9 millimetres.

Zhu said that she never had surgery on her head. She did not recollect feeling unwell or experiencing unexplained headaches.

The doctors believe that the needles might have been deliberately or accidentally inserted into Zhu's head when she was a child, as judging by their diameter, they wouldn't have been able to pierce a fully developed skull.

The doctors said that since the needles are thin and are not embedded in an important-function area of the skull, she did not feel them. They recommended that the foreign bodies should be removed.

Zhu's parents did not know when and how the needles were inserted in her head. However, Zhu's aunt had found two black spots on her head when she had adopted her from a couple during travel.

As per reports, Zhu has reported the findings of the CT scan to the police.

In another incident, doctors at a hospital in China removed a six-inch live worm from a woman's brain after she suffered from severe headaches in May. The doctors said the woman's brain was infected after eating unhygienic food like raw or half-cooked meat.