Computed tomography in penetrating cranial injury by a wooden foreign body

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Report

Department

Neurosurgery

Abstract

We present a case in which the skull and brain were pierced by a piece of wood, the low attenuation value of which, in a CT scan, simulated an intracerebral pneumatocoele. The risk of misinterpreting the CT appearance of intracranial wood is discussed, and the importance of thorough exploration of a penetrating cranial injury is stressed.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Surgical Neurology

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