Neurologia medico-chirurgica
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Neurol. Med. Chir. (Tokyo) · Feb 1999
Case ReportsTransorbital-transpetrosal penetrating cerebellar injury--case report.
A 4-year-old boy presented with a transorbital-transpetrosal penetrating head injury after a butter knife had penetrated the left orbit. The knife tip reached the posterior fossa after penetrating the petrous bone. ⋯ The patient was discharged with left-sided blindness, complete left ophthalmoplegia, and hypesthesia of the left face. Early angiography is recommended to identify vascular injury which could result in fatal intracranial hemorrhage.