title: Golf ball-related head injuries in children.
abstract: Golf has become one of the most popular sports in the world. Golf-related head injuries are well-documented and include golf club, golf cart, and more recently golf ball trauma. We report on 2 cases of golf ball-associated traumatic brain injuries. The unique biomechanics of golf ball head trauma are reviewed. Initially golf injuries may cause minor clinical signs, with absence of skull fractures. However, the association of significant underlying intracranial hemorrhage should prompt a thorough neurologic evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Neurology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA.
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Allen M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006055:Golf / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods