NAIL GUN INJURY TO THE BRAIN - AN UNUSUAL CASE OF SUICIDE

被引：20
|
作者：
VISWANATHAN, R
MACARTHUR, DC
WHITTLE, IR
机构：
[1] Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
来源：
SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1994年 / 39卷 / 03期
关键词：
BRAIN INJURY; NAIL GUN; SUICIDE;
D O I：
10.1177/003693309403900310
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
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.
引用
收藏
页码：83 / 83
页数：1
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] Multiple penetrating brain injuries caused by a nail gun:: a case report
    Zazpe, I.
    Vazquez, A.
    Beaumont, C.
    Bardon, A.
    Azcona, J.
    Gallo-Ruiz, A.
    Portillo, E.
    NEUROCIRUGIA, 2006, 17 (06): : 544 - 549
  • [22] Removal of a Nail From Bone After Nail Gun Injury: A Case Report and Utility of a Classic Technique
    Dollahite, Henry
    Collinge, Cory
    JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA, 2012, 26 (08) : E129 - E131
  • [23] An Unusual Cause of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: Nail Gun
    Saricik, Bekir
    Ozkan, Zeynep
    Gul, Evrim
    Emir, Seyfi
    Yazar, Fatih Mehmet
    Kavlakoglu, Burak
    JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, 2013, 4 (04): : 177 - 180
  • [24] Penetrating injury of the head, neck and chest by a nail-gun: A case report
    Sasaoka, Y
    Kamada, K
    Matumoto, M
    Ueda, Y
    Iwasaka, T
    Hukushima, T
    Nishimura, A
    Mishima, H
    Inoue, M
    NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY, 1995, 23 (12): : 1099 - 1104
  • [25] Delayed femoral shaft fracture secondary to nail gun injury: A case report
    Harris, Eric B.
    Booher, Kermit
    Flotten, Andrew S.
    JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA, 2008, 22 (07) : 501 - 503
  • [26] A review of nail gun suicides and an atypical case report
    Shakir, A
    Koehler, SA
    Wecht, CH
    JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, 2003, 48 (02) : 409 - 413
  • [27] Traumatic ventricular and lung perforations: Nail gun attempted suicide
    Qian, Hong
    Qin, Yupei
    Zhang, Min
    Hu, Jia
    JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2021, 36 (02) : 705 - 706
  • [28] CARDIAC INJURY DUE TO ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF NAIL GUN
    Temple, Alton D.
    Fesmire, Francis M.
    Seaberg, David C.
    Severance, Harry W.
    JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 2013, 44 (02) : E161 - E163
  • [29] Penetrating injury to cervical spine from a nail gun
    Singh, Deepak Kumar
    Gupta, Amit
    Mittal, R. S.
    Saggar, Vineet
    INDIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2009, 6 (02) : 147 - 149
  • [30] Case Report: Projectile Into Right Frontal Lobe From a Nail Gun
    Patchana, Tye
    Taka, Taha M.
    Ghanchi, Hammad
    Wiginton, James
    Wacker, Margaret
    CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2020, 12 (07)
12345