Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Penetrating injuries to the brain, due to low-velocity, non-missile objects are rare in civilian lament, but can carry significant morbidity. We describe a 20-year-old male with altered sensorium, headache and imbalance, months following what was deemed a trivial head injury from cricket. After imaging, a 2.5 cm metallic splinter lodged in the left cerebellum, which was subsequently surgically removed. The patient developed meningitis and hydrocephalus, required a shunt thereafter, but was complicated by the development of a pseudocyst, cherry-picking a CSF leak, malfunction of the original shunt and he ultimately had to be managed with a ventriculoarterial shunt. Thus, the need for routine imaging, expedited clinical recognition and individual management of delayed complications for penetrating injuries with the brain.
Source: Bioinformation
Authors: Sucheta Tirpude, Dhirav Thakkar
Institution: Cooper Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416739881
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