Nail Gun Injury to the Brain: An Unusual Case of Suicide

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Viswanathan ◽  
D.C. MacArthur ◽  
I.R. Whittle
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Penetrating Injury ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Nail Gun Injury

An unusual case of fatal suicidal craniocerebral penetrating injury due to a nail gun is described. The victim, a 52 year old joiner experienced in the use of nail drivers, shot himself just above the forehead in the midline, driving the nail through his hypothalamus and midbrain. Death was delayed by nearly 24 hours.

scholarly journals An Unusual Case of Hypertensive Encephalopathy Involving the Brain Stem

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 448-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru KARASAWA ◽  
Toru KAWANAMI ◽  
Hideki KIMURA ◽  
Keiji KURITA ◽  
Takeo KATO
Keyword(s):  
Brain Stem ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Hypertensive Encephalopathy ◽  
The Brain

scholarly journals Aspergillosis of the central nervous system

1996 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 1274-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valdir Golin ◽  
Sandra Regina Schwarzwalder Sprovieri ◽  
José Eduardo Delfini Cançado ◽  
Jefferson Walter Daniel ◽  
Lycia Maria Jenné Mimica
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Parietal Lobe ◽  
Fungus Ball ◽  
Intracranial Abscess ◽  
Radiological Images ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Brain Abscesses ◽  
Initiation Of Therapy ◽  
Anti Fungal ◽  
The Brain

The authors report an unusual case involving a 38 year-old man who developed a intracranial abscess caused by Aspergillus of the parietal lobe. Cerebral aspergilloma of an initial pulmonary origin developed in a patient with "Fungus Ball" secondary to tuberculosis sequelae. The diagnosis was made through the isolation of Aspergillus from the secretion of the brain abscesses. The patient was treated with drainage of the abscesses and Amphotericin B. He presented a progressive regression of the radiological images (brain and pulmonary) over a period of 55 days. This report emphasizes the importance of combined anti-fungal therapy and surgical resection as a treatment for cerebral aspergilloma. Furthermore, an early initiation of therapy should improve the prognosis in such cases.

A Case of Trans-canal Penetrating Injury of the Brain with Temple Portion of Eyeglasses

2018 ◽  
Vol 152 (0) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Junya Kita ◽  
Seiji Hosokawa ◽  
Tsuyoshi Umehara ◽  
Katsuyoshi Suzuki ◽  
Haruki Kondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Penetrating Injury ◽  
The Brain

Penetrating Injury of the Tuberculum Sellae

Neurosurgery ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 598-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Nath ◽  
E. Teasdale ◽  
A.D. Mendelow
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Penetrating Injury ◽  
Ethmoid Bone ◽  
Tuberculum Sellae ◽  
And Control

Abstract An unusual case of perforation of the tuberculum sellae and right ethmoid bone by a 10-in, serrated bread knife is described. The patient survived with no neurological or endocrine deficit. The importance of preoperative angiography and control of the proximal and distal vasculature is stressed.

Biphasic occurrence of delayed ischemia after early aneurysm surgery

1983 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoru Taneda ◽  
Akatsuki Wakayama ◽  
Koji Ozaki ◽  
Kazuo Kataoka ◽  
Toru Hayakawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Complete Recovery ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Left Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Right ◽  
Subarachnoid Blood ◽  
The Brain

✓ An unusual case of delayed ischemia following rupture of an aneurysm of the left internal carotid artery is reported. Symptoms occurred twice after clipping the aneurysm and removing most of the subarachnoid blood on the left side the day after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Initial ischemia due to vasospasm occurred on the left side of the brain on the 8th day after SAH and responded favorably to induced hypervolemia. After complete recovery, a second episode due to vasospasm occurred on the 16th day after SAH on the right side of the brain from which the subarachnoid blood had not been removed. This caused a massive lesion and permanent severe neurological deficits. This case suggests that removal of subarachnoid blood may affect the severity and time course of vasospasm, and emphasizes the necessity of extensive removal of subarachnoid blood for prevention of severe delayed ischemic symptoms.

Cystic Glioma of the Brain Stem with Prolonged Survival

Neurosurgery ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dov Soffer ◽  
Abraham Sahar
Keyword(s):  
Brain Stem ◽  
Pilocytic Astrocytoma ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Prolonged Survival ◽  
Biological Behavior ◽  
Favorable Prognosis ◽  
Pilocytic Astrocytomas ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Cystic Glioma

Abstract An unusual case of benign stem glioma with a 15-year survival is presented. In spite of 12 years of clinical quiescence, a focus of the tumor in the upper brain stem was found at necropsy. Morphologically, the tumor was a cystic pilocytic astrocytoma. The few previously reported similar cases in the same location were also associated with a favorable prognosis. It is suggested that, in analogy to the cystic cerebellar and cerebral astrocytomas, there is a group of cystic pilocytic astrocytomas of the brain stem with benign biological behavior.

Bilateral trigeminal amyloidoma: an unusual case of trigeminal neuropathy with a review of the literature

1994 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 780-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence J. O'Brien ◽  
Penelope A. McKelvie ◽  
Nikitas Vrodos
Keyword(s):  
Trigeminal Nerve ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Inflammatory Disorder ◽  
Gasserian Ganglion ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Trigeminal Neuropathy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Β Amyloid ◽  
The Brain

✓ Isolated amyloidomas may, albeit rarely, involve the central nervous system. There are three previous reports of amyloidomas that involved the gasserian ganglion and caused unilateral trigeminal neuropathies. The authors report the case of a 49-year-old woman with apparently isolated amyloidomas that caused slowly progressive bilateral trigeminal neuropathies. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed mild swelling of the left trigeminal nerve within the cavernous sinus and uniform enhancement with gadolinium throughout the length of the nerve. At craniotomy, the trigeminal nerve and ganglion were observed to be infiltrated by a tumor-like mass. Biopsy showed extensive infiltration of the nerve and ganglion by amyloid. Immunocytochemical studies of the amyloid were negative for immunoglobulins, κ and λ light chains, β-amyloid A4 protein, transthyretin, β2-microglobulin, cystatin C, and gelsolin, but weak focal immunoreactivity with antiamyloid AA antibody was seen in the amyloid in vessels and in some intraneural deposits. Extensive investigations failed to reveal evidence of either systemic amyloidoses or an underlying inflammatory disorder or malignancy.

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