title: Unusual craniocerebral penetrating injury by a chopstick.
abstract: The case of a 53-year-old man who attempted suicide by introducing a wooden chopstick through his nostril into his brain is reported. The importance of computed tomography is stressed in the diagnosis of intracranial wooden foreign bodies.
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012652:Self Mutilation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging