[Use of computerized tomography for localization of a foreign body impacted into the cranium]

A case is presented of impaction of a metal bar into the cranium i an 8-year-old child. The significant importance for the therapeutic management was radiological examination, especially CT of the head. It made easier the determination of the foreign body locality in relation to the anterior cranial fossa and could allow to do the assessment of the resolution of air accumulation in the frontal lobe.