Rusty nail was a real pain in the neck

San Diego - A Californian man who went to doctors complaining of a pain in the neck was astonished by their findings.

An x-ray seemed to show Steve Villagomez had something embedded in his neck - but he didn’t believe what he saw and refused treatment.

He put up with the pain for four months - until a friend suggested putting a magnet against his neck and he finally decided to go back to hospital.

Doctors opened up his neck - and removed a rusty 6cm nail. Villagomez says he has no idea how it got there.

The 29-year-old football coach thought he had injured his neck during a training session and thought the x-ray was faulty.

“I thought, there’s no way,” he told the Good Morning America TV show. “I didn’t believe the pictures.”

Doctors say the nail could have been lodged in his neck anywhere from six months to several years.

“It looks like it could have been there a few years,” said Villagomez. “I just never noticed it.”

Dr Paul Yun said: “It was probably the only place in his neck it could hide without causing any problems.”

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