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Right-to-Left Displacement of an Airgun Lead Bullet after Transorbital Entry into the Skull Complicated by Posttraumatic Epilepsy : A Case Report

  • Chao-bin Wang (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Jinzhou Medical University Union Training Base) ;
  • Hui Wang (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • Jun-shuang Zhao (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • Ze-jun Wu (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Jinzhou Medical University Union Training Base) ;
  • Hao-dong Liu (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • Chao-jia Wang (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • An-rong Li (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • Dawei Wang (Department of Ultrasonography, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine) ;
  • Juntao Hu (Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine)
  • Received : 2022.11.03
  • Accepted : 2023.02.08
  • Published : 2023.09.01
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Abstract

Penetrating head injury is a serious open cranial injury. In civilians, it is often caused by non-missile, low velocity flying objects that penetrate the skull through a weak cranial structure, forming intracranial foreign bodies. The intracranial foreign body can be displaced due to its special quality, shape, and location. In this paper, we report a rare case of right-to-left displacement of an airgun lead bullet after transorbital entry into the skull complicated by posttraumatic epilepsy, as a reminder to colleagues that intracranial metal foreign bodies maybe displaced intraoperatively. In addition, we have found that the presence of intracranial metallic foreign bodies may be a factor for the posttraumatic epilepsy, and their timely removal appears to be beneficial for epilepsy control.

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