title: Car sunshade-induced craniofacial injury: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report the case of a man who sustained a craniofacial injury after spontaneous lateral airbag deployment resulting in his face being struck by a car sunshade. This highlights the potential damage that can be caused by any object placed between a lateral airbag and a car occupant.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian man who was the driver in a frontal collision. He had opened the car sunshade and turned it 90° towards the left. As he was driving, he struck a bus, causing the driver's lateral airbag to spontaneously deploy. The airbag pushed the sunshade against his face and injured him.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Car sunshades can cause significant craniofacial injury. We suggest that sunshade design must be improved to reduce the risk of potential injuries to car occupants. We recommend a new, safer sunshade design.
authors.affiliation: Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. v_rahimi@sina.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharif-Alhoseini
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khatibi
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chardoli
authors.forename: Vafa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rahimi-Movaghar