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Doctors: Nail Penetrates Man's Brain

Man Fell Off Roof

POSTED: 8:18 am CST March 2, 2005
UPDATED: 8:32 am CST March 2, 2005

A construction worker is recuperating in a hospital after doctors removed a nail from his head.


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X-rays showed that the nail penetrated about ¼ inch into Jose Areola's brain.

On Monday, Areola fell off the roof of a house and hit a board with a nail in it.

Doctors said they pulled the nail out with a sterile vice grip.

The man might be back home in a couple of days, doctors said.


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