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I have this hard black thing embedded in my leg, what could this be?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Don't know.: Have it medically checked. One of my patients pulled a number of small pieces of dark shrapnel from his knee this week ( ied explosion in afghanistan).
Answered 12/4/2013
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