Doctors missed something when they patched up this teen’s face
He had an object 'the shape of a knife blade' in his cheek for a month without realising
2nd August 2019
This case brings a whole new meaning the phrase 'glass jaw'.
After fainting and colliding face first into a window, a Spanish teen was patched up at a hospital and sent on his way.
However, four weeks later, he presented to another ED complaining of pain on chewing and trouble opening his mouth for the previous month.
An X-ray and CT revealed a 3.5cm rectangular object, “which had the shape of a knife blade", hidden behind his left cheekbone.
It turned out to be a shard of glass that had been stuck in his face