Penetrating intracranial foreign bodies at low velocity characteristically enter via the orbital roof, the temporal squama or the cribriform plate. In this case, the antenna penetrated the orbital roof — one of the thinnest areas of cranial bone — without injury to the globe of the eye, or any neurological complications.
We recommend that in cases such as this, with minimal external findings and normal neurological examination, simple external traction should be avoided.
- Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh1
- Kamran Aghakhani2
- Mansour Parvaresh3
- Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Correspondence:
- 1. Smrkolj V, Balazic J, Princic J. Intracranial injuries by a screwdriver. Forensic Sci Int 1995; 76: 211-216.
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