title: Case Report: Bone fragment in the third ventricle of a 22 year-old woman.
abstract: Here we present a very rare case of a woman with a bone fragment in the third ventricle of the brain following compound-depressed skull fractures due to a road traffic accident. There are only few case reports of bullets and textiloma being removed from the third ventricle. Following operative removal of the fragment, the patient was started on cortisol, mineralocorticoid and thyroid hormone replacement. However, the patient eventually died of the severe traumatic hypothalamic insult.
authors.affiliation: International Society for Medical Education, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Munakomi
authors.affiliation: International Society for Medical Education, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.affiliation: International Society for Medical Education, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Iype
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cherian
keywords: bone fragment; brain surgery; compound-depressed fracture