Intracranial retained stone after depressed skull fracture: Problems in the initial diagnosis

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-200

  Balak, Naci ^a   Aslan, Belma ^b   Serefhan, Alpay ^a   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Turkey)

^b GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Depressed skull fracture; Foreign bodies; Intracranial stone; Penetrating head injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FOREIGN BODY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LACERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOREIGN BODIES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849099003     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187df75     Document Type: Article

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