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Brain Injury Volume 20, 2006 - Issue 13-14
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Case study

Delayed presentation of penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by a nail

B. B. Shehu Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Usmanu Danfodio University, Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
, FRCSI, FWACS &
I. Hassan Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Usmanu Danfodio University, Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
Pages 1455-1458 | Received 15 May 2006, Accepted 20 Oct 2006, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

A 38 year old woman presented after 2 weeks with penetrating craniocerebral injury from a six inch nail. She had aphasia and right hemiplegia. Brain CT scan showed no significant cerebral injury. The nail track was infected. Craniectomy and extraction of the nail along with broad spectrum antibiotics was effective. She had no residual neurologic deficit.

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