Citation

Avci I, Yavuz AY, Seker S, Celik SE. Trauma Case Rep 2019; 21: 100192.

Affiliation

Okmeydani Training And Research Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tcr.2019.100192

PMID

31011615

PMCID

PMC6463219

Abstract

Penetrating transorbital head injuries are rarely seen. We present a 6-year old male patient who was referred to our department after a wooden stick penetrated his right eye. On admission his general condition was well and he showed no neurologic deficits. On his cranial computed tomography (CT) there was a fracture on his right orbital wall and minimal subarachnoid hemorrhage in his right frontal lobe. On later follow-ups the patient's condition worsened and his control CT showed diffuse cerebral edema. The patient underwent emergent decompressive surgery. Due to this immediate intervention the patient was released from the hospital with no major deficits later. Up to our knowledge, there are no cases in the literature reported in which decompressive craniectomy was necessary after a transorbital penetrating head trauma.

Language: en