‘Glass in a scalp laceration’: An unusual case of penetrating head injury presenting to the emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-118

  Gray, John ^a   Molloy, Denis ^a   Jenkins, Mark G ^a  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Glass; Keywords; Penetrating head injury

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCALP;

ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4143114811     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200404000-00013     Document Type: Article

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