A Case of Penetrating Cranial Injury by a Wooden Foreign Body.
- Author:
Yeong Tae KIM
1
;
Sung Moon YOON
;
Byoung Jo JANG
;
Young Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Wooden foreign body;
Penetrating cranial injury;
Computed tomography;
Debridement
- MeSH:
Brain;
Criminals;
Debridement;
Foreign Bodies*;
Humans;
Mass Screening;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Wood;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1986;15(4):855-860
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Many objects create penetrating cranial injuries. Metallic objects and low velosity missiles are the most common offenders. Wood as wounding agent of the brain, has some characteristics. It has profound risk of infection, a significant propensity to fragmentation that is virtually undetechable on routine X-ray screening and very low atteunation value in CT scan. Because of its characteristics and rarity, we report a case of penetrating cranial injury by a wooden foreign body with review of literature.
