title: Attempted suicide with screw penetration into the cranium.
abstract: Intracranial foreign bodies are usually secondary to penetrating injuries. Nails, knives, screwdrivers, sewing needles, bullets, and shrapnel have been described related to penetrating brain injury. In this report, we present a 34-year-old prisoner with an intracranial screw located in the right parietal lobe. The screw was used by prisoner in an attempted suicide. A right parietal craniectomy was performed, and the screw was removed successfully. It is important to know the type of penetrating brain injury preoperatively in order to determine the best surgical approach to remove the foreign body settled in the brain. A long-term radiological assessment should be performed to detect any future complications, such as a cerebral abscess.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. berker5@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Berker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cemil
authors.forename: Kağan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yiğenoğlu
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaptanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*