Furtherman
12-03-2008, 09:46 AM
Radiologists Diagnose and Treat Self-Embedding Disorder in Teens (http://www.rsna.org/Media/rsna/RSNA08_newsrelease_target.cfm?id=393)
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2008/Shiels-Young--Rads_Diagnose/Study%20Images/JPEG/8_Embedded_Metal_Pieces_Left_Arm.jpg
This x-ray image illustrates 8 metal pieces embedded in the left arm of a teenage girl
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2008/Shiels-Young--Rads_Diagnose/Study%20Images/JPEG/3_Metal_Pieces_Embedded_Right_Hand.jpg
This x-ray image illustrates 3 metal staples embedded in the hand of a teenage girl
Radiologists, the people who examine the inside of your body using X-rays and other imaging tech, were among the first to discover a disturbing new syndrome called "self-embedding." No, it's not some cool piercing thing - here you can see the long, thin pieces of metal that a teenage girl has inserted in her arm. This is an actual disorder where people, especially teens, embed objects in their bodies.
Using ultrasound and/or fluoroscopic guidance, interventional pediatric radiologists removed 52 embedded foreign objects from nine of the patients. The embedded objects included metal needles, metal staples, metal paperclips, glass, wood, plastic, graphite (pencil lead), crayon and stone. The objects were embedded during injuries to the arms, ankles, feet, hands and neck. One patient had self-embedded 11 objects, including an unfolded metal paperclip more than six inches in length.
Kids these days....
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2008/Shiels-Young--Rads_Diagnose/Study%20Images/JPEG/8_Embedded_Metal_Pieces_Left_Arm.jpg
This x-ray image illustrates 8 metal pieces embedded in the left arm of a teenage girl
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2008/Shiels-Young--Rads_Diagnose/Study%20Images/JPEG/3_Metal_Pieces_Embedded_Right_Hand.jpg
This x-ray image illustrates 3 metal staples embedded in the hand of a teenage girl
Radiologists, the people who examine the inside of your body using X-rays and other imaging tech, were among the first to discover a disturbing new syndrome called "self-embedding." No, it's not some cool piercing thing - here you can see the long, thin pieces of metal that a teenage girl has inserted in her arm. This is an actual disorder where people, especially teens, embed objects in their bodies.
Using ultrasound and/or fluoroscopic guidance, interventional pediatric radiologists removed 52 embedded foreign objects from nine of the patients. The embedded objects included metal needles, metal staples, metal paperclips, glass, wood, plastic, graphite (pencil lead), crayon and stone. The objects were embedded during injuries to the arms, ankles, feet, hands and neck. One patient had self-embedded 11 objects, including an unfolded metal paperclip more than six inches in length.
Kids these days....