Man had pencil in head for 15 years 284 reading now A scan of the head of a 24-year-old patient with a pencil lodged inside it. The pencil was removed surgicaly at the clinic after being stuck there for up to 15 years after a school accident it is believed. Berlin: German doctors say a man spent 15 years with a pencil in his head following a childhood accident. Aachen University Hospital says the 24-year-old man from Afghanistan sought help in 2011 after suffering for years from headaches, constant colds and worsening vision in one eye. A scan showed that a 10-centimetre pencil was lodged from his sinus to his pharynx and had injured his right eye socket. The unnamed man said he didn't know how the pencil got there but recalled that he once fell badly as a child. The pencil which was removed from the head of a 24-year-old patient. The German doctors removed the pencil and say the man has recovered. Hospital spokesman Mathias Brandstaedter said on Wednesday the case was presented for the first time at a medical conference this week.