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Accidental Insertion of a Piercing Needle in Tongue

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JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages E1-E2

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006788

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Oral piercing; piercing needle; tongue piercing

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Tongue piercing can lead to complications such as bleeding, pain, and infection. This case report describes an 18-year-old woman who accidentally lost a needle in her mouth while attempting tongue piercing at home. After successful removal of the needle, the patient recovered with no complications two days post-surgery.
Tongue piercing causes various complications, including bleeding, pain and infection and it cause potential life-threatening complications. An 18-year-old woman presents with losing a needle in mouth. She attempted to perform tongue piercing using piercing needle by herself at home, and it was lost in mouth. The patient showed speech difficulty, but no active bleeding and edema of the floor of mouth. Computed tomography showed approximately 50 mm needle like structure in tongue. General anesthesia was performed with nasal intubation using video laryngoscope. The surgeon found the needle could be hold in the tongue by fingers. The needle in the tongue was holding by left fingers, and 10 mm skin incision was made by right hand. The needle tip was pushed to the incision line and it was removed. There was no bleeding immediate after needle removal. She could speak immediate after surgery. Two days after surgery, the patient discharged with no complications.

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