title: Late hydrocephalus in a case of wandering bullet into the pineal region.
abstract: We report a patient in whom a bullet in the brain migrated into the pineal region causing hydrocephalus 3 months later. In patients undergoing surgical removal of intracerebral or intraventricular bullets, it is recommended to obtain an x-ray or CT scan on the day of operation. Late hydrocephalus may occur several months after migration of the bullet due to scar tissue.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurological Surgery, Wedau Klinikum, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schick
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hassler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging