Gupta, Anurag and Chacko, Arjun and Anil, MS and Karanth, Suman S and Shetty, Arjun (2011) Pencil in the Brain: A Case of Temporal Lobe Abscess following an Intracranial Penetrating Pencil Injury. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 47 (4). pp. 307-308.
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Abstract
The case of a 7-year-old girl with an intracranial penetrating injury due to a pencil is presented. The difficulties in diagnosis and the need for a high degree of suspicion and for prompt adequate surgical treatment are highlighted.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intracranial penetrating injury; Temporal bone penetration; Enterococcus faecalis. |
| Subjects: | Medicine > KMC Manipal > Medicine Medicine > KMC Manipal > Neuro Surgery |
| Depositing User: | KMC Manipal |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2013 04:16 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2013 04:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.manipal.edu/id/eprint/137624 |
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