Successful removal of an impacted metallic arrowhead penetrating up to the brainstem

A case of impacted metallic arrowhead in the brain through an unusual route of the neck and behind the external carotid artery to the base of the skull up to the brainstem is reported. Review of the literature reveals no previous reports of this type of injury. A 35-year-old man was admitted to the...

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Autores principales: Paramhans, Dharmdas, Shukla, Sapna, Batra, Ankur, Mathur, Raj K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Tales of Penetrating Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930989
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66566
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description A case of impacted metallic arrowhead in the brain through an unusual route of the neck and behind the external carotid artery to the base of the skull up to the brainstem is reported. Review of the literature reveals no previous reports of this type of injury. A 35-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after 36 h of injury, being fully conscious and with partial facial palsy. The arrowhead was successfully removed by exploration of the entry wound, without any neurovascular complications. The patient not only survived the operation but was also discharged in an improved neurological condition.
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spelling pubmed-29385102010-10-07 Successful removal of an impacted metallic arrowhead penetrating up to the brainstem Paramhans, Dharmdas Shukla, Sapna Batra, Ankur Mathur, Raj K J Emerg Trauma Shock Tales of Penetrating Trauma A case of impacted metallic arrowhead in the brain through an unusual route of the neck and behind the external carotid artery to the base of the skull up to the brainstem is reported. Review of the literature reveals no previous reports of this type of injury. A 35-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after 36 h of injury, being fully conscious and with partial facial palsy. The arrowhead was successfully removed by exploration of the entry wound, without any neurovascular complications. The patient not only survived the operation but was also discharged in an improved neurological condition. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2938510/ /pubmed/20930989 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66566 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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