Man with headache had 12 nails in his skull

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say.
Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails into his head one by one.
He at first told doctors he had had a nail gun accident, but later admitted it was a suicide attempt.
He was later transferred to psychiatric care and stayed under court order for nearly a month before leaving against doctors' orders.
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