Koestler J, Keshavarz R
Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2001 Aug;21(2):145-50. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(01)00363-8.
Head trauma is exceedingly common in children, but rarely presents as a penetrating injury to the skull. Most of the recommendations on evaluation, management, and follow-up of such injuries are based on the adult literature. We report a case of penetrating head injury from a tapered metal object in a 4-year old child.