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Unusual self-inflicted penetrating craniocerebral injury by a nail
1Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal - 576119, Udupi, India. shenoysn@yahoo.com
Neurology India
|December 4, 2003
Abstract:
Penetrating injuries of the brain caused by a nail are rare. An interesting case of a patient with schizophrenia who attempted suicide by a self-inflicted penetrating intracranial injury using a nail is reported here. The literature related to this unusual case is reviewed.
