title: Penetrating head injury from a pedestal fan rotor blade in a child - an unusual case.
abstract: Penetrating head injuries in children constitute only a small part of the total number of traumatic head injuries seen in casualty. A number of household articles have been described to cause penetrating injuries, apart from gunshot and pellet injuries. We describe, for the first time, an unusual case of penetrating injury due to the rotor blade of pedestal fan used very commonly in the Indian subcontinent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. krishnarun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Hukum
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Karam Chand
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography