A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed n…

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Full title: A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed no signs of chest pain, breathing problems, coughing, or fever, and was otherwise in good health.

BeatTakeshi 90 points 8 days ago

Lucky they didn't go straight for the MRI

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danekrae 43 points 8 days ago

I have worked so much with lathes and milling machines, that I fear having to have an MRI.

I bet I'm full of small bits of sharp metal. In fact, I have a macro photo of my finger full of tiny needles.

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Fermion 57 points 8 days ago

If you get scheduled for an MRI they will specifically ask if you have worked as a machinist. If you answer yes, they make you go to a location that can take x-rays before letting you in the MRI machine.

At least, that's what happened when I had to schedule an MRI.

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UndulyUnruly 27 points 8 days ago

I don’t want to argue, but that’s not universally true at all.

I have had many MRI procedures over the years, at almost as many individual locations and in multiple countries. This was never a question.

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I_Fart_Glitter 21 points 8 days ago

I was asked. There was a 10 minute phone interview to ask all the ways I might have metal in me. The tech was apologetic and said they have to ask individually because people forget or don’t know things can put them at risk.

Permanent makeup and micro bladed brows, for instance won’t rip out of your body but older inks with iron in will heat up and burn your skin.

I’m in California, if that matters.

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WhiteOakBayou 14 points 8 days ago

I'm a nurse who has been filling out the the MRI pre screening form a few times a month for a long time in multiple US states and I've never seen one that didn't mention metal work and shrapnel.

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Garbagio 1 point 6 days ago

You wouldn't be after that MRI, I'll tell you that

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Einskjaldi 1 point 7 days ago

Skin pushes small things out, but if you get one of the really strong 80lb neodymium magnets and mount it on a wall you can test if there's anything there buried.

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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds 19 points 8 days ago

why don't they have metal detectors on the doors leading to the MRI?

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cravl 4 points 7 days ago

My guess? They're not sensitive enough for small bits, but could still lead to staff complacency.

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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds 1 point 6 days ago

i think small bits like tattoos are just painful, but there should be one for the bigger items that always ends up in the news, like the guy who brought in a gun

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CaliforniaSober 3 points 7 days ago

Possibly because a standard magnetometer cannot detect reactive elements down to the level that would be affected by a giant insane field associated with an MRI?

A simple xray, or a pass-through of a single metal detector at a court house is one thing….

…but Imagine a tattoo with ferrous ink. In a simple airport magnetometer, it’s no thing. In an MRI it’s ripped out of flesh.

Basically tattooing itself can be a very wild scenario. I caught artists in Tunisia making do and had a friend shooting cats in Cuba as we provided ink.

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FalschgeldFurkan 3 points 7 days ago

Because medical drama shows need the unexpected surprise moment

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Grannymcgrannypants 3 points 7 days ago

That's an excellent question. I guess they never thought of it?

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bizarroland 38 points 8 days ago

Could you imagine being the person who stabbed him and just watching him walk away and not even react?

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betterdeadthanreddit 63 points 8 days ago

They were so intrigued by the experience of cutting into someone and seeing them live through the event that they turned away from a life of crime and went to school to become a surgeon. Now, 8 years later, a familiar face shows up in the waiting room...

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fahfahfahfah 16 points 8 days ago

Dibs on the movie rights

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betterdeadthanreddit 12 points 8 days ago

Just give me a cut.

Hang on, I should rephrase that.

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Quetzalcutlass 13 points 8 days ago

Yeah, you should take another stab at it.

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BillCheddar 9 points 7 days ago

Plus he stole your knife!

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Steve 6 points 8 days ago

Probably very very drunk and didn't remember anything.

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DarrinBrunner 31 points 8 days ago

I'm gonna guess alcohol was involved in the initial event.

Also, imagine being the radiologist and seeing that pop up on the screen. I'm imagining the doctor in Death Becomes Her, although that reference might be too old for many of you.

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dat 4 points 8 days ago

Death Becomes Her had a well received broadway musical last year, lots of new fans. Unrelated to the xray

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saimen 25 points 8 days ago

A 44-year-old male Tanzanian presented to our facility with a 10-day history of pus discharge below the right nipple. He denied any chest pain, difficulty breathing, cough, or fever. The patient recalled being involved in a violent altercation 8 years ago, during which he sustained multiple cuts to his face, back, chest, and abdomen. Following the incident, he sought first aid at a primary health facility, where his wounds were sutured; however, no radiological investigation was conducted at that time as hemostasis was achieved, despite of no suspicious of foreign body retention in part injured, there was no facilities for radiological investigations. He had an uneventful course over the next 8 years until his current presentation.

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THB 8 points 8 days ago

Wow, is there an article to read more about this? This is insane!

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in_my_honest_opinion 8 points 8 days ago

Where's the article?

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betterdeadthanreddit 19 points 8 days ago

Link to article in spoiler. This is your warning, graphic images are embedded in the paper (wound with draining pus and photos from surgery).

Kivuyo, Nashivai et al. "An eight-year asymptomatic retention of a knife blade in the chest: a case report", Journal of surgical case reports vol. 2025,6 rjaf325. 31 May. 2025, doi:10.1093/jscr/rjaf325

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egrets 9 points 8 days ago

The CT scan and its reconstruction are wild.

From the surgery image, which I won't repost, I wonder if the handle broke off before/during the attack, or if it was broken down in the thoracic cavity?

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in_my_honest_opinion 1 point 8 days ago

Must have been a fall no? I don't know how someone could push a knife that deep without firmly gripping the handle. And if your hand is on the handle it's a natural stop.

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egrets 4 points 8 days ago

The article says a stabbing. I struggle to imagine it too, but maybe a fall while it was still protruding, like you say.

A 44-year-old male, otherwise healthy, presented with a right chest wall sinus discharging pus, 8 years after sustaining multiple stab wounds treated with primary first aid only.

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krashmo 7 points 8 days ago

That is not a small knife. What a crazy story. Thanks for the link.

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in_my_honest_opinion 2 points 8 days ago

Thank you, this is a wild case study

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HollowNaught 8 points 8 days ago

That was a wild read. I audibly chuckled when they put forward a reference after stating that getting stabbed in the chest can lead to death

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victorz 2 points 8 days ago

Incredible! Had to see it to believe it.

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