Minimally invasive, image-guided treatment is a safe and precise method for removal of self-inflicted foreign objects from the body, according to the first report on "self-embedding disorder," or self-injury and self-inflicted foreign body insertion in adolescents. The findings will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury – the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent – is a relatively common occurrence for adolescents in high school, a new study suggests.