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Radiology, Vol 177, 115-116, Copyright © 1990 by Radiological Society of North America

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Wizardry and radiography: a clinical case

M Desrentes
Service d'Imagerie Medicale, Hopital des Armees, Lorient Naval, France.

The author encountered a patient who had undergone various sorcery and wizardry practices. At radiography performed because of lower back pain, 100 sharp metal foreign bodies (such as needles and sharpened paper clips) were found scattered between his neck and pelvis. The patient evidently swallowed some of the objects to gain protection against aggression from humans or spiritual beings. However, the means of introduction of some of the objects (eg, the needles in the neck) cannot be determined.


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