title: Pencil in the brain: a case of temporal lobe abscess following an intracranial penetrating pencil injury.
abstract: The case of a 7-year-old girl with an intracranial penetrating injury due to a pencil is presented. The difficulties in diagnosis and the need for a high degree of suspicion and for prompt adequate surgical treatment are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Manipal College, Manipal, India. docanurag@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Anil
authors.forename: Suman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Karanth
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*