• Journal of neurosurgery · Apr 2012

    Case Reports

    Delayed acute spinal cord injury following intracranial gunshot trauma: case report.

    • Jason S Cheng, R Mark Richardson, Alisa D Gean, and Shirley I Stiver.
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • J. Neurosurg. 2012 Apr 1;116(4):921-5.

    AbstractThe authors report the case of a patient who presented with a hoarse voice and left hemiparesis following a gunshot injury with trajectory entering the left scapula, traversing the suboccipital bone, and coming to rest in the right lateral medullary cistern. Following recovery from the hemiparesis, abrupt quadriparesis occurred coincident with fall of the bullet into the anterior spinal canal. The bullet was retrieved following a C-2 and C-3 laminectomy, and postoperative MR imaging confirmed signal change in the cord at the level where the bullet had lodged. The patient then made a good neurological recovery. Bullets can fall from the posterior fossa with sufficient momentum to cause an acute spinal cord injury. Consideration for craniotomy and bullet retrieval should be given to large bullets lying in the CSF spaces of the posterior fossa as they pose risk for acute spinal cord injury.

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