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20229776

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
This report presents a case of a transorbital penetrating brain injury caused by a metal rod. A 47-year-old male injured his left lower eyelid with no witness during working hours. The two days later, he presented with a right hand tremor and abnormal behavior, and was admitted to the hospital. A CT showed a bone fracture of the left orbital roof and a low-density lesion of the left frontal lobe. The initial diagnosis was a cerebral contusion due to a blow-out fracture. However, sagittal MR images on the tenth day in the hospital demonstrated a penetrating tract that was running linearly from the left orbital roof to the left caudate head. Therefore, the final diagnosis was a transorbital penetrating brain injury. This case had no severe complications in spite of the delayed diagnosis. Careful examinations are thus required in order to make a correct diagnosis at the first examination, because a transorbital penetrating brain injury might initially present as a slight wound with no neurological signs.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-2603
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of transorbital penetrating brain injury by a blunt metal rod].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki Rosai Hospital, 2-12-5 Setogoe, Sasebo, Nagasaki 857-0134, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports