Smrkolj V, Balazic J, Princic J
Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Forensic Sci Int. 1995 Dec 29;76(3):211-6. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01824-7.
Two patients with unusual intracranial foreign bodies are presented. Intracranial injuries produced by a piece of screwdriver as a wounding agent have not yet been reported in the literature. In one of our two cases we had to deal with homicide and in another with accidental self-inflicted injury. Both patients died, 5 and 14 days, respectively, after successful removal of the foreign body. In both cases death was due to brain ischaemia and the resulting oedema secondary to arterial injury.
