title: Unusual self-inflicted penetrating craniocerebral injury by a nail.
abstract: Penetrating injuries of the brain caused by a nail are rare. An interesting case of a patient with schizophrenia who attempted suicide by a self-inflicted penetrating intracranial injury using a nail is reported here. The literature related to this unusual case is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal - 576119, Udupi, India. shenoysn@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raja
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*