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Case Reports
. 1979 Jan;22(1):28-30.

[A rare orbito-cerebral penetrating knife-wound (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
C E Gonçalves da Silva, J A Gonçalves de Silva
  • PMID: 759979
Case Reports

[A rare orbito-cerebral penetrating knife-wound (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
C E Gonçalves da Silva et al. Neurochirurgia (Stuttg). 1979 Jan.

Abstract

The authors describe a case of open brain injury caused by a 30 cm long knife, which penetrated the right orbit, the point of which reached as far as the right posterior fossa. The patient survived with minor neurologic deficit in relation to the extensive lesion.

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