In the 1990s, a man was injured: a bullet got stuck in the pyramid of the temporal bone. Then the doctors decided not to risk it - vital nerves, blood vessels and hearing organs pass nearby.
This year, the patient's vision began to deteriorate, and he began to experience unsteadiness and headaches. Neurologists suspected a stroke or encephalopathy, but an MRI was impossible: an unknown metal object in the skull created a danger, and in the CT scan the bullet "erased" nearby parts of the brain.
In the Sverdlovsk region the patient underwent surgery under local anesthesia - the patient remained conscious. Millimeter by millimeter, the surgeon took out a bullet (probably an air rifle), which was ceremoniously presented to the patient as a souvenir.
Photo: Ministry of Health of the Sverdlovsk region.