Penetrating intracranial trauma from a fishhook.

Swanson, J L; Augustine, J A · Ann Emerg Med · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Fishhook injuries rarely pose a true emergency, and only a few cases of posterior ocular injury from fishhooks have been described. We present a case of penetrating ocular, orbital, and cranial trauma produced by a broken fishhook. The morbidity and mortality as well as the initial emergency evaluation of penetrating foreign objects in the orbital-cranial region are discussed.

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