Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-20-2022
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Military neurosurgeons have long known that tangential cranial gunshot wounds can be associated with intracranial complications out of proportion to the external appearance of the injury. This phenomenon seems not to have been described in infancy.
OBSERVATIONS
An infant suffered a massive, acute subdural hemorrhage from a contralateral tangential gunshot wound that did not facture the skull.
LESSONS
Similar to adults, infants are subject to catastrophic intracranial injury from gunshots that do not penetrate the skull. The nature of the injury in this case reflected distinctive aspects of the tissue characteristics and proportions of the infant head.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Jeffrey and Piatt, Joseph, "Tangential Cranial Gunshot Wound in an Infant in Historical Context: Illustrative Case" (2022). Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers. Paper 136.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pedsfp/136
Creative Commons License
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Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, Volume 3, Issue 11, March 2022, Case 227.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE227. Copyright © 2022 The authors.