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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol · Jan 2010
Case ReportsCraniocerebral injury resulting from pencil penetration.
- Serdar Ozer, Bulent Onal, Atilla Akbay, and Metin Onerci.
- ENT Department, Hacettepe University, Cukurambar mah. 42. cad. 451. sok 2/33 Balgat, Ankara, Turkey. drserdarozer@gmail.com
- Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Jan 1;267(1):155-7.
AbstractPenetrating craniofacial trauma in pediatric age group is quite rare. A case is reported that presented with a pencil penetration injury entering from the anterior maxillary sinus through the orbital medial wall, and ethmoidal cells and septum, reaching the contralateral gyrus rectus of the frontal lobe. All the vital structures were preserved. The patient was first treated with manual extraction of the pencil, without any immediate complications; however, rhinorrhea followed the procedure 4 h later. Early endoscopic surgical intervention was performed and the rhinorrhea was successfully treated in this case. This report discusses radiological and surgical characteristics of this unusual penetrating craniofacial trauma.
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