Knife in skull proves a headache

Hospital staff treating a retired teacher for a headache in Poland found a 12.5cm blade in his head.

Polish doctors had X-rayed Leonard Woronowicz, 61, to see if he had cracked his skull in a fall while doing some repairs in his kitchen four days earlier.

Instead they found the blade just below his right ear. It had snapped off at the handle.

“I thought they might give me an aspirin. Instead they pulled a 5inch knife blade out of my head,” he said.

Mr. Woronowicz said the knife must have been among tools scattered on the floor. He did not realise it was missing until he needed to cut some bread.

“Despite carefully searching the room I could only find the handle. But I forgot about it as my headaches got worse over the next few days.”