title: Late diagnosis and removal of a large wooden foreign body in the cranio-orbital region.
abstract: The rare case of a large wooden foreign body impaled in the cranio-orbital region, and its late diagnosis and successful removal, is presented. A 26-year-old man was admitted to a regional hospital after suffering a severe penetrating craniocerebral injury from a motorcycle accident. Two months after the accident, computed tomographic examination at Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute revealed a large foreign body located in the cranio-orbital region and penetrating the right temporal lobe, with surrounding abscess development. Radiological examination, including three-dimensional computed tomography, enables one to choose the optimal surgical approach and to remove the foreign body, thereby avoiding purulent, inflammatory complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurotraumatology, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Potapov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Eropkin
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kornienko
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Arutyunov
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Yeolchiyan
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Serova
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kravtchuk
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Shahinian
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D020221:Optic Nerve Injuries; D009915:Orbit; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery