title: Penetrating intracranial wooden object: case report and review of CT morphology, complications, and management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Penetrating intracranial wooden fragments after vehicular accidents are uncommon. The CT morphology, complications, and management in such cases are quite variable.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 27-year-old male was seen with a "twig" from a tree embedded firmly just below the right medial canthus after a motorcycle accident. Diagnosis of intracranial penetrating wooden object was made on CT scanning. The wooden stick, which had splintered into two, was extricated through a craniotomy in two operative sessions. However the patient succumbed to septicemia and meningitis on the twelfth day after the accident.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The need for prompt extrication of these objects and the causes of high mortality in this condition are discussed. The importance of imaging the intracranial compartment in injuries involving the periorbital region is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Arunkumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvapandian
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajshekhar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy