title: Swordfish attack--death by penetrating head injury.
abstract: There have been very few reports of swordfish attacks on humans and none have resulted in death. Although there are no reports of unprovoked attacks on humans, swordfish can be very dangerous when provoked and they can jump and use their swords to pierce their target. We describe here an unusual case of death that resulted from intracranial penetrating injury caused by a swordfish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia. bhgooi@tm.net.my
authors.forename: Boon Hui
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Gooi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khamizar
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Suhani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000209:etiology*