TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Penetrating head injury by a stone: Case report and review of the literature
JO  - Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
A1  - Alafaci, Concetta
A1  - Caruso, Gerardo
A1  - Caffo, Mariella
A1  - Adorno, Alessandro A.
A1  - Cafarella, Daniele
A1  - Salpietro, Francesco M.
A1  - Tomasello, Francesco
SP  - 813
EP  - 816
VL  - 112
IS  - 9
N2  - Traumatic intracranial penetration of foreign objects of non-missile intracranial nature rarely occurs. Haemorrhages, major vascular injury and contusions can be causes of death in early stage, epileptic seizures and infections are possible complications in later stages. Complete excision of the foreign body should be performed. Possible dural and vascular injuries should be repaired during surgical treatment. In the present study, we report a rare case of traumatic intracranial stone as a foreign object. A brief review of the literature is presented.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0303-8467
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.06.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -