title: Intracerebral haematoma without skull fracture by golf ball.
abstract: Serious head injury is very uncommon in golf and consists mostly of depressed skull fractures. A case of severe intracerebral haematoma without skull fracture caused by a stray golf ball is described and a review of head injuries in golf is provided.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Traunstein, Department of Neurology, 83278 Traunstein, Germany. thorleif@etgen.de
authors.forename: Thorleif
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Etgen
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sander
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006055:Golf / Q000293:injuries*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020206:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed