Penetration injury of the pyramis caused by a kick from a racehorse.
A 56-year-old man presented with an unusual cranial penetration injury due to a horse's hoof. The CT number of the hoof was 269, and thus clearly not that of a wooden fragment or bone. An emergency operation was performed to remove the foreign body. The operation went well, and no infection developed. Eight months later he could walk unaided and had only mild disorientation.
Division of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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Ogawa
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Kanno
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Shimizu
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Suzuki
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Yoshimoto
D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006724:Hoof and Claw; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*