title: Transoral penetration of a half-split chopstick between the basion and the dens.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl was admitted for transoral penetrating injury by a half-split chopstick. Subsequent CT imaging examinations showed that the chopstick had passed between the basion and the dens and reached the subarachnoid space just at the medulla oblongata. A sagittal reconstructed CT scan was useful for the evaluation of the injury. Imaging findings and their clinical relevance are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
authors.forename: Seijiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniura
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatebayashi
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akatsuka
authors.forename: Atsumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takenobu
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamitani
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*