Metallic foreign body in brain

Case contributed by Elshan Abdullayev
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

A young man had trauma at work. After trauma immediately CT was taken.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

4cm length nail entering from right temporal bone into the brain. Note blood in subarachnoidal spaces around the foreign body. 

After Surgery

ct

After surgery nail was removed. But intraparenchymal hematoma is located in operation lodge

Case Discussion

Different types of foreign bodies can be seen in the brain. In this case, a nail was impacted by trauma. An operation was done to take the nail from the brain. Luckily everything finished well for the patient

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