title: An unusual faciocerebellar arrow injury: successful surgical removal in a peasant Nigerian: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reports of penetrating injuries of the cranium have been mainly craniocerebral or faciocerebral, craniocerebellar projectiles are few.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a 23 year old Nigerian with a craniofacial penetrating injury by a hunting arrow. The trajectory of the arrow through the facial skeleton across the craniocervical junction into the posterior fossa makes this unique in the literature. Successful operative retrieval by a joint team of neurosurgeons and otorhinolaryngologists, problems of delayed presentation and inadequate diagnostic facilities are highlighted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The morbidity-free outcome of surgical removal despite the delay in presentation and management in our practice setting with limited facilities are the salient points of this presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Lasisi
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Malomo
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Adeleye
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Sogebi
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shokunbi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*