Self-inflicted orbitocranial injury with a plastic ballpoint pen.

Self-inflicted orbitocranial injury with a plastic ballpoint pen.

Self-inflicted, trans-optic canal, intracranial penetrating injury with a ballpoint pen.

Trans-orbital penetrating injuries are not common. If not promptly treated, these injuries can lead to serious disabilities and even death. A 60-year-old man, who had multiple underlying diseases, was admitted to our medical ward for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia; he attempted suicide by inserting a ballpoint pen into his left eye. CT of the brain showed a foreign body penetrating throu...

Retroperitoneal migration of a self-inflicted ballpoint pen via the urethra.

Numerous accounts documenting the introduction of foreign bodies into the urinary bladder have been reported. These foreign bodies are typically self-inserted via urethral but migration from adjacent organs by an ulcerative process and penetrating injuries are also reported. However, ''contrary'' migration of a self-inflicted vesical foreign body to the retroperitoneum was not previously report...

Penetrating brain injury caused by retained plastic tip of ballpoint pen.

Radiological evaluation was performed using a 64MDCT scanner without any sedation. Multiplanar reformation images clearly revealed a residual foreign body – possibly the tip of the ballpoint pen – in the frontal lobe ( fig. 1 ). Therefore, surgical removal of the foreign body was planned. Bifrontal craniotomy was performed. The orbital roof was found to be fractured, and bone fragments were lod...

Dating of ballpoint pen ink.

In this paper we describe a case in which a cash book, dated of the year 2000, was sent to the Forensic Science Division, Document Laboratory, Zurich Canton Police in March 2003. The questioned document was a list of 29 pages containing a consecutive handwritten numbering and dated entries (payments) made of blue ballpoint pen ink. By definition, a cash book has to be written by hand and the en...