Citation

Smrkolj V, Balazic J, Princic J. Forensic Sci. Int. 1995; 76(3): 211-216.

Affiliation

Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8566924

Abstract

Two patients with unusual intracranial foreign bodies are presented. Intracranial injuries produced by a piece of screwdriver as a wounding agent have not yet been reported in the literature. In one of our two cases we had to deal with homicide and in another with accidental self-inflicted injury. Both patients died, 5 and 14 days, respectively, after successful removal of the foreign body. In both cases death was due to brain ischaemia and the resulting oedema secondary to arterial injury.

Language: en