Right-to-Left Displacement of an Airgun Lead Bullet after Transorbital Entry into the Skull Complicated by Posttraumatic Epilepsy : A Case Report
- Author:
Chao-bin WANG
1
;
Hui WANG
;
Jun-shuang ZHAO
;
Ze-jun WU
;
Hao-dong LIU
;
Chao-jia WANG
;
An-rong LI
;
Dawei WANG
;
Juntao HU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2023;66(5):598-604
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Penetrating head injury is a serious open cranial injury. In civilians, it is often caused by non-missile, low velocity flying objects that penetrate the skull through a weak cranial structure, forming intracranial foreign bodies. The intracranial foreign body can be displaced due to its special quality, shape, and location. In this paper, we report a rare case of right-to-left displacement of an airgun lead bullet after transorbital entry into the skull complicated by posttraumatic epilepsy, as a reminder to colleagues that intracranial metal foreign bodies maybe displaced intraoperatively. In addition, we have found that the presence of intracranial metallic foreign bodies may be a factor for the posttraumatic epilepsy, and their timely removal appears to be beneficial for epilepsy control.
