A man from China sought medical attention for memory problems. It turned out that her symptoms were related to a needle entering her cerebral artery during acupuncture. The man lived with her for 20 years daily mail.
A 74-year-old patient from Sichuan province consulted doctors due to memory problems. Doctors discovered that a very small needle had been lodged in an artery in the man’s brain. It caused bleeding (pseudoaneurysm), which was the cause of the symptoms. The man’s relatives recalled that he received acupuncture treatment for migraine pain 20 years ago. Doctors believe that the needle may have entered the artery behind the eye at this time.
To remove the needle, doctors cut off part of the patient’s skull. A surgical microscope was needed to remove it. The vein damaged by the needle was closed using a small metal clamp. Ten days after surgery, the man was disconnected from the ventilator and began to recover. However, due to a complication during general anesthesia, the patient developed a fatal lung infection and survived only three weeks after surgery.
According to doctors, this was the first case of pseudoaneurysm caused by acupuncture needles described in the medical literature.
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