Rejection of deeply implanted foreign body induced by acupuncture
treatment in patient suffering intractable pains lasting ten years
following traumatic injury to the left scapular region during a road
accident.
by
Sternfeld M; Hod I
From: Am J Chin Med, 14: 1-2, 1986, 96-9
Upper back pains lasting ten years were promptly improved in a 63 year
old woman following the rejection of a forgotten foreign glass body,
through a scar located over the left scapula, and treated by
acupuncture. The patient insisted on having this treatment after
unsuccessful prolonged and multi-disciplinary formal medical
interventions culminating in preparations for exploratory surgery. The
acupuncture directed to the scar induced an inflammatory reaction
characterized by a sterile granulomatous reaction which surrounded a
large piece of glass, apparently implanted in the soft tissue of the
suprascapular area during a severe road accident which occurred ten
years previously. The surgical intervention was avoided.