title: Retained foreign body in ethmoid with bilateral pneumoencephaly.
abstract: Intracranial penetrating injury through the nose is rare. We present a case of a 79 year-old patient who had intracranial penetrating injury with a wooden object accompanied by massive bilateral pneumoencephaly with the presence of a foreign body in the ethmoid bone with fracture and displacement of crista galli. This is a hitherto unreported retained foreign body with fractured ethmoid resulting in bilateral pneumoencephaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, U1020, CHU Brugmann, Free University of Brussels, Brussels. Sheikoaleed.Noordally@chu-brugmann.be
authors.forename: S Oaleed
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Noordally
authors.forename: Guy Djapong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Nkala
authors.forename: Jose C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sena
authors.forename: Schoeb
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sohawon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D011011:Pneumoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*