Abstract Introduction Penetrating brain injuries (PBI) are less common than closed head traumas. Interest in frontal lobe dates back to 1848’s famous Phineas Gage incident. Here, we report a case of construction worker, who showed remarkable neuropsychiatric outcome following workplace accident. Case Presentation 45year old gentleman came with complaint foreign body accidentally lodged his fore...

Traumatic intracranial aneurysms are one possible complication after penetrating brain injury. A 25-year-old man with a history of major depression presented with a crossbow bolt penetrating the head. On arrival, Glasgow Coma Scale score was E4V5M6, with no apparent neurological deficit. Computed tomography (CT) of the head showed the crossbow bolt passing near the corpus callosum, with surroun...

Introduction: Penetration injury to the neck constitutes 5–10% of all trauma cases. Penetration of a foreign body into the trachea with subsequent impaction into the tracheoesophageal party wall is extremely rare. We present a patient with an unusual penetrating injury of the neck caused by a metallic foreign body embedded into the tracheoesophageal party wall, and its management.   Case Repor...

head trauma is the most common form of accidental injury among children, which is a source of concern for parents and pediatricians. after head trauma, children may be loss of intellectual function. most head trauma in children is minor and not related with brain injury or long-term outcome. however, a small number of children may have a clinically important traumatic brain injury. the incidenc...

animals. Here they present evidence for interneuronal mechanisms within the ventrobasal thalamus. This provides an anatomical substrate for the numerous excitatory, inhibitory, and recurrent collateral mechanisms delineated neurophysiologically by D. Purpura, and by T. Frigyesi and R. Schwartz. A grand overview of the role of cerebral cortex in the modulation of input to the medial thalamus at ...

AIMS Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when the head is impacted by an external force causing either a closed or penetrating head injury through a direct or accelerating impact. In laboratory research, most of the TBI animal models focus on a specific region to cause brain injury, but traumatic injuries in patients do not always impact the same brain regions. The aim of this study was to exam...

The case is described of a man who at the age of 17 suffered accidental penetration of his right orbit by a rod and spring from a machine gun. Operation was successful, and follow-up 31 years later showed normal vision at 20/20 in both eyes.