Author/Authors :
Karancı, Türker Özel Medicana Hastanesi - Nöroşirürji Kliniği, Turkey , Canpolat, Aydın Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Nöroşirürji Kliniği, Turkey , Duman, Hakan Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Nöroşirürji Kliniği, Turkey , Kılınç, Ali Kaan Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Nöroşirürji Kliniği, Turkey , Akdemir, Ali Osman Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Nöroşirürji Kliniği, Turkey , Özüm, Ünal Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Beyin ve Sinir Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Severe traumatic brain injuries following head trauma are the second most common cause of death in pediatric population. Especially children younger than the age of four years are under the highest risk for head trauma among all pediatric patients. The incomplete development and ossification of calvarial bones facilitates traumatic brain injuries due to penetrating insults. Herein we present an 18-months-old girl, who was operated for severe penetrating brain injury due to a fall from heights and discharged from the hospital without any deficits or complications. The toy that the patient was holding in her hand was the cause of the penetrating brain injury. The case was discussed according to the data in the current literature.
