title: A cracking shot! depressed skull fracture sustained from a golf ball in a 16-year old.
abstract: Depressed skull fractures sustained from golf balls are quite rare. We report such a case in a 16-year old, and demonstrate its appearance in a 3D CT reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: a The Queen's Medical Centre, The University of Nottingham , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: Rachel B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurosurgery , The Queen's Medical Centre , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jalloh
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurosurgery , The Queen's Medical Centre , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Macarthur
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006055:Golf / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: CT 3-Dimensional reconstruction; depressed skull fracture; golf ball