Penetrating intracranial trauma from a fishhook.
Fishhook injuries rarely pose a true emergency, and only a few cases of posterior ocular injury from fishhooks have been described. We present a case of penetrating ocular, orbital, and cranial trauma produced by a broken fishhook. The morbidity and mortality as well as the initial emergency evaluation of penetrating foreign objects in the orbital-cranial region are discussed.
Swanson
J L
JL
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Augustine
J A
JA
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery