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Retained intra cranial blade - medicolegal perspectives
1Department of Health, Limpopo Province and University of Limpopo (Polokwane Campus), P.O. Box 1944, Polokwane 0700, South Africa. drblkbhootra@yahoo.com
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
|January 31, 2006
Abstract:
A fatal case of a homicidal penetrating head injury by retained blade of knife is reported. The blade of knife penetrated the skull bone after breaking from a knife handle and remained lodged in the intracranial cavity for 5 days resulting in death from intracranial bleeding and brain oedema. The need of proper and complete examination of the head injury and its medico-legal importance is emphasized.
