Silent orbitocranial penetration by a pencil

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-276

  Dinakaran, S ^a   Noble, P J ^a  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Eyelid; Orbitocranial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UPPER EYELID;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORBIT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031822492     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.4.274     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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