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A Case of Intracranial Wooden Foreign Body: Mimicking Pneumocephalus

Intracranial wooden foreign bodies are rare. In addition, such objects are difficult to identify with conventional radiographic techniques, such as X-ray radiography or brain computed tomography. A 48-year-old man presented to our emergency room with a headache. Even though he had a history of traum...

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Autores principales: Kim, Dong Han, Park, Eun Suk, Seong, Han Yu, Park, Jun Bum, Kwon, Soon Chan, Sim, Hong Bo, Lyo, In Uk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurotraumatology Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5110905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27857924
http://dx.doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2016.12.2.144
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Sumario:Intracranial wooden foreign bodies are rare. In addition, such objects are difficult to identify with conventional radiographic techniques, such as X-ray radiography or brain computed tomography. A 48-year-old man presented to our emergency room with a headache. Even though he had a history of trauma, he had no external wounds and showed no neurological deficits at the initial examination. He was initially diagnosed with trauma-related pneumocephalus. He developed a delayed intracranial infection and underwent surgery to remove the wooden foreign body. The present case illustrates the necessity for special attention to patients suspected of having pneumocephalus with a rare presentation during the initial examination. Early surgical removal of the intracranial foreign body is necessary to prevent complications.