Man Goes to the Hospital Where Doctors Discover a Knife Has Been in His Chest 8 Years

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A 44-year-old man from Tanzania sought medical care after his right nipple began leaking pus

An X-ray revealed a knife lodged in his chest from an attack eight years earlier

Researchers were able to remove the knife and highlighted the need for imaging and follow-up treatment in low-resource areas

A 44-year-old man sought medical care when his right nipple began leaking pus — and doctors discovered he still had a knife stuck in his chest from an attack eight years earlier.

The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, hails from Tanzania, and sought medical care when he noticed his right nipple was leaking pus, according to a case report , which noted he was “otherwise healthy” without any “chest pain, difficulty breathing, cough or fever.”

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