Citation

Anderson DW, Datta M. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 2007; 28(4): 714-715.

Affiliation

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Medical Centre, Southern Health, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Society of Neuroradiology)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17416827

Abstract

We describe a middle-aged woman who inserted a sewing needle into her spinal cord in an attempt at performing her own acupuncture. Reports of neurologic injury are rare in the literature, despite the widespread use of acupuncture. This is the first case we have identified involving spinal cord injury from self-performed acupuncture.

Language: en