title: [Multiple penetrating brain injuries caused by a nail gun: a case report].
abstract: Multiple and self-inflicted penetrating brain injuries (PBI) rare. PBI are rare. We report the case of multiple self-inflicted PBI in a 45 year old man caused by a nail gun. He was admitted to after shooting four nails into his head and one into his thorax. We review the literature on the topic and describe how this case was successfully managed in our hospital.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Neurocirugía. Hospital de Navarra.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zazpe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beaumont
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardón
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azcona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallo-Ruiz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Portillo
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D000075202:Contraindications; D003399:Craniotomy; D004630:Emergencies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D055370:Lung Injury; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011292:Premedication; D011379:Prognosis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed