Table 1 Cases Reported in Literature since 1914
From: Intracranial foreign body through the sagittal sinus: case report and review of literature
Author/reference | Number of cases | Year | Country | Age at presentation | Clinical onset | Number of needles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meixner [6]/1 | 2 | 1914 | Germany | 4 day; 43 years | NA | 1; 2 |
Haun [21]/7 | 1 | 1927 | Germany | 70 years | NA | 1 |
Gerlach and Jensen [22]/5 | 2 | 1958 | US; Germany | 16 months; 29 years | headache and epilepsy | 1; 2 |
Askenasy [15]/3 | 2 | 1961 | Hungary; Poland | 23 years; 54 years | Convulsions; headache and vision disturbances | 1; 1 |
Ameli and Alimohammadi [14]/2 | 2 | 1970 | Both in Iran | 31 years; 32 years | Headache and left hemiparesis; epilepsy | 1; 2 |
Dimitrijevic [23]/4 | 1 | 1971 | Yugoslavia | 56 years | Acute head ache | 1 |
Jovicic et al. [24]/8 | 2 | 1974 | Germany | NA | NA | |
Ishi et al [25] 1/7 | 1 | 1977 | Japan | NA | NA | |
Abbassioun et al. [12]/30 | 3 | 1979 | Iran | 24 years; young man; 4 months | Headache; incidental detection after trauma; convulsion and vomiting | 2; 1; 1 |
Barlas and Gökay [26]/22 | 2 | 1983 | Turkey | 29 years; 4 months | Headache; acute needle insertion | 1; 1 |
Buzzi et al. [27]/34 | 1 | 1987 | Italy | 54 years | Unremarkable except for hypertension | 3 |
Rahimizadeh et al. [8]/32 | 6 | 1987 | 5 in Iran; 1 in Afghanistan | 9 years; 21 years; 22 years; 29 years; 55 years; 68 years | Headache or epilepsy in 3 cases; accidental detection after trauma in 2; TIAa in 1 | NA |
Notermans et al. [5]/33 | 1 | 1990 | Netherland | 12 years | Headache, neck pain, vomiting, inability to abduct left eye and asymmetric face on left side | 1 (Stylet) |
Prusty et al. [28]/19 | 1 | 1993 | India | NA | NA | NA |
Sener et al. [29]/24 | 1 | 1997 | Turkey | 20 years | Incidental detection | 3 |
Meng [10]/18 | 1 | 2001 | China | 27 years | Incidental detection after trauma | 2 + 1 |
Unal et al. [30]/16 | 1 | 2005 | Turkey | 10 years | Incidental detection | 1 |
Tun et al. [31]/26 | 1 | 2005 | Turkey | 45 years | Incidental detection After trauma | 1 |
Civelek et al. [32]/23 | 1 | 2006 | Turkey | 7 years | Acute onset after trauma | 1 |
Sucu and Gelal [33]/25 | 1 | 2006 | Turkey | 29 years | Incidental detection after trauma | 1 |
Teegala et al. [11]/20 | 1 | 2006 | India | 4 years | Incidental detection | 2 |
Tuncer et al. [16]/27 | 1 | 2007 | Turkey | 32 years | Seizure attack | 1 |
Yilmaz et al. [34]/28 | 1 | 2007 | Turkey | 10 years | Fever, headache, and vomiting | 5 |
Yolas et al. [35]/29 | 1 | 2007 | Turkey | 9 years | Seizure attack | 1 |
Ashrafi et al. [36]/31 | 1 | 2007 | Iran | 42 years | Acute headache | 2 |
Balak et al. [13]/21 | 1 | 2008 | Turkey | 10 years | Seizure attack | 1 |
Present case | 1 | 2012 | China | 25 years | Absence Epilepsy | 1 |