Fencing Knife-Induced Transorbital Penetrating Brain Injury: A Case Report
10.13004/kjnt.2023.19.e48
- Author:
Sung Jin KIM
1
;
In-Ho JUNG
;
Jaewoo CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Korean Journal of Neurotrauma
2023;19(3):363-369
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is a rare type of traumatic brain injury, which accounts for 0.4% of all head trauma cases. In this study, we describe a 14-year-old male adolescent who sustained a transorbital penetrating injury caused by a fencing knife. Although the patient visited the hospital after the foreign body had been removed, we diagnosed a PBI based on identification of a linear injury trajectory extending from an orbital roof fracture to the contralateral parietal lobe, using three-dimensional reconstruction of the hemorrhage. The patient fully recovered after conservative treatment. We hope that sharing our experience will serve as a guideline for the clinical management of PBI.
