SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT
Background: : Head injuries from gunshots related to conflicts and terrorisms are on the rise globally, like-wise the resultant injuries from stray bullets. Intracranial bullets tend to migrate from one part of the brain to another. Most bullets are surgically removed when indicated. Spontaneous ext...
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| description | Background: : Head injuries from gunshots related to conflicts and terrorisms are on the rise
globally, like-wise the resultant injuries from stray bullets. Intracranial bullets tend to migrate
from one part of the brain to another. Most bullets are surgically removed when indicated.
Spontaneous extrusion of an intracranial bullet is very rarely reported. Case Report: We report
the case of an 8-year old boy who had spontaneous extrusion of an intracranial military bullet
while awaiting surgical intervention.The patient sustained gunshot injury from a military stray
bullet. The presence of an intracranial bullet was confirmed on radiograph and surgical removal
was planned. However, the bullet got extruded spontaneously through the entry wound on the
right parieto-occipital area of the skull before surgical intervention. This represents an unusual
behaviour of intracranial bullets which had rarely been reported |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bae619510dfb4395b96efc9a6a7a39522022-12-21T20:37:38ZengNtec SpecialistKanem Journal of Medical Sciences2006-47722714-24262020-01-01141788110.36020/kjms.2020.1401.01120201SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORTBabagana U0Mohammed B1Neurosurgery Unit, Surgery Department, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State, Nigeria.Neurosurgery Unit, Surgery Department, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State, Nigeria.Background: : Head injuries from gunshots related to conflicts and terrorisms are on the rise globally, like-wise the resultant injuries from stray bullets. Intracranial bullets tend to migrate from one part of the brain to another. Most bullets are surgically removed when indicated. Spontaneous extrusion of an intracranial bullet is very rarely reported. Case Report: We report the case of an 8-year old boy who had spontaneous extrusion of an intracranial military bullet while awaiting surgical intervention.The patient sustained gunshot injury from a military stray bullet. The presence of an intracranial bullet was confirmed on radiograph and surgical removal was planned. However, the bullet got extruded spontaneously through the entry wound on the right parieto-occipital area of the skull before surgical intervention. This represents an unusual behaviour of intracranial bullets which had rarely been reportedhttps://kjmsmedicaljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11.-Babagana-U-et-al-vol14no1.pdfgunshothead injuryspontaneous extrusionstray bullet |
| spellingShingle | Babagana U Mohammed B SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences gunshot head injury spontaneous extrusion stray bullet |
| title | SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT |
| title_full | SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT |
| title_fullStr | SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT |
| title_full_unstemmed | SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT |
| title_short | SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL BULLET EXTRUSION: A CASE REPORT |
| title_sort | spontaneous intracranial bullet extrusion a case report |
| topic | gunshot head injury spontaneous extrusion stray bullet |
| url | https://kjmsmedicaljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/11.-Babagana-U-et-al-vol14no1.pdf |
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