Transcranial lateral perforating gunshot injury through skull base presenting without residual damage: A fortunate survivor.
10.1016/j.cjtee.2021.02.006
- Author:
Amit GARG
1
;
Abhishek MANDAL
1
;
Ipsita AGGARWAL
1
;
Anmol GALHOTRA
1
;
Shouvik DAS
1
;
Sanjay MARWAH
2
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, Pt BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2. Department of General Surgery, Pt BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Electronic address: drsanjay.marwah@gmail.com.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Craniocerebral region;
Gunshot injury;
Perforating injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2021;24(3):183-186
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We reported a case of a 32 years old male presenting with a perforating gunshot injury in craniocerebral region 3 h after the assault. The bullet entered above the right zygomatic arch, travelling through the coronal plane, and exited from the left zygomatic arch. The patient was fully conscious at presentation and developed facial nerve palsy during his hospital stay. Non-contrast CT scan of the head revealed fractures of the right orbit, bilateral maxilla, bilateral pterygoid plates, ethmoid air cells, vomer and left zygoma, and without any cerebral damage. He was treated conservatively and the facial palsy was resolved. The patient survived without any complications. Such case has not been described in the available literature till date.
