Migration of the Acupuncture Needle into the Cervical Spinal Canal.

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We have recently experienced one rare case of the cord symptom caused by acupuncture needle having migrated into the cervical spinal canal. The patient was a 52-year-old man with his main complaint of neck pain. As his history, when he had had acupuncture needle treament by himself in 1988, in august, an acupuncture needle had broken at the left side of theneck, but he has left it alone. In August, 1988 in left neck pain and motion limitation of neck appeared, and when he gradually moved his neck, radiation pain to upper and kower extremities, and sensory disturbance of anal area appeared. X-ray examination revealed the presence of acupuncture needle around the cervical spine and CT scanning confirmed the migration of the needle into the cervical spinal canal. In December, 1988 we operated on him and remoued the needle.