ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2018
Nonprojectile penetrating iron rod from the oral cavity to the posterior cranial fossa: a case report and review of literature.
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- Iron rod-induced perforating head injury of the posterior cranial fossa: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Review
- Transoral penetrating craniocerebral injury: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Stephanion to cranial base penetrating stab wound with outstanding recovery: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Localized asymptomatic cerebellar abscess after penetrating brain injury by wooden foreign object with adequate antibiotics administration: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Traumatic Penetrating Neck Injury with Right Common Carotid Artery Dissection and Stenosis Effectively Managed with Stenting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in vascular medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionNonprojectile penetrating skull base injuries as a result of falls have rarely been confronted in normal neurosurgery although a few nonmissile injuries have been reported. These kinds of injuries represent a life-threatening emergency. CASE PRESENTATION: We present an unusual case of a 25-year-old male construction worker who suffered an accidental penetrating skull base injury when he fell on a metal rod while he was walking on a 2-meter-high platform. He was clinically stable at presentation. Skull radiograph showed a solid metallic bar, 30 cm long, that penetrated through the right anguli oris eminence and was lodged low in the right occipital bone.
conclusionPenetrating injury to the head is considered a form of severe traumatic brain injury. Although case of penetrating head injuries as a result of fall from heights are very rare, we anticipate the construction works on high-rise buildings are at maximum risk. We advise that removal of this kind of foreign bodies be done in the theater and not outside because of risk of involvement of larger vessels leading to fatal hemorrhage. We further suggest that patients with nonprojectile injuries should undergo a preoperative computed tomography-angiography to rule out any vascular injury.
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