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Magnets, mating and metallic objects – cautionary tales from the MRI scanner

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par Adam Taylor, Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University

A 57-year-old woman from Wisconsin recently sustained a rather unfortunate injury to her buttock. She had attended the hospital for an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan and had entered the machine with a concealed firearm. The machine’s powerful magnet caused the gun to discharge.

This isn’t the first time in 2023 that a firearm injury has been sustained in an MRI scanner. In February a lawyer…

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