Citation

Ijaz L, Nadeem MM. J. Pediatr. Neurosci. 2014; 9(3): 267-269.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/1817-1745.147588

PMID

25624934

Abstract

Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is rare and the severest form of head injury with a high morbidity and mortality. A 3.5-year-old girl presented with PBI with a wheel spoke. Computerized tomography scan with three-dimensional skull reconstruction depicted its extent from the medial side of the roof of the right orbit to the right frontal lobe with a cavitation around the spoke. The spoke was removed by manipulation under general anesthesia from the entry site without a formal craniotomy. Postoperative outcome was uneventful.

Language: en