title: Intracerebral migration of stray bullet leading to sudden and fatal worsening.
abstract: Gunshot wounds to the cranium are one of the leading cause of death and disability in young adults. Stray bullets are also being increasingly seen in clinical setting. We report a case of a 14-year-old boy who sustained a stray bullet to the cranium during election festivities. He arrived at the health care facility institution nearly 24 hours after the event in good neurological condition. He remained neurologically stable for about 8 hours after his presentation and later on deteriorated due to intracranial bullet migration. This required immediate bifrontal decompressive craniotomy along with right frontal lobectomy. However, the patient could not survive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. manzary2k@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Manzar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000401:mortality*; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality*