Management of a Low-Energy Penetrating Brain Injury Caused by a Nail

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X-ray and head CT showing the presence of a nail on the frontotemporal region. (a) Preoperative simple sagittal skull X-ray showing a curvilinear, 7 cm long, oblique oriented nail in the skull. (b) Preoperative simple coronal skull X-ray showing a nail piercing the skull on the right frontotemporal region. (c) Axial head CT (bone window) showing one radiopaque nail which has penetrated both tables of skull and entered the brain parenchyma. (d) Axial head CT (soft tissue window) showing one radiopaque nail which has penetrated both tables of skull and entered the brain parenchyma.

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