title: Intracranial injuries by a screwdriver.
abstract: Two patients with unusual intracranial foreign bodies are presented. Intracranial injuries produced by a piece of screwdriver as a wounding agent have not yet been reported in the literature. In one of our two cases we had to deal with homicide and in another with accidental self-inflicted injury. Both patients died, 5 and 14 days, respectively, after successful removal of the foreign body. In both cases death was due to brain ischaemia and the resulting oedema secondary to arterial injury.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smrkolj
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balazic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Princic
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology