Charles Drani
ntracranial foreign bodies are ŽÅ?Ä?n due to Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nÅ missile injuries arising from gunshot, criminal assaults and industrial accidents and rarely from non-missile skull Æ?Ä?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?ŽnÆÍ? Iatrogenic sources other than in neurosurgical Æ?Å?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ä?ƵÆ?c ÅnÆ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä?nÆ?ŽnÆ seldom occur. WÄ?nÄ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?nÅ foreign bodies require prompt surgical Ä?Æ©Ä?nÆ?ŽnÍ? Formal exposure of the brain must be assisted or guided by prior imaging to foreclose intra and Æ?ŽÆÆ?ŽÆ?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ç?Ä? concerns including Ä?Ä?Ä?ÅÆ?ŽnÄ?ů brain trauma, fatal intracranial hemorrhage or ÅnĨÄ?cÆ?Žn of the central nervous system. Computed Tomography (CT) scan is an invaluable imaging tool in cases of acute brain trauma and suspected intracranial foreign body compared to plain radiography or mÄ?ÅnÄ?Æ?c resonance imaging. It is important that the ÅnÆ?Ä?Æ?Æ?Æ?Ä?Æ?Ä?Æ?Žn of the CT scan images be carried out by a Radiologist to avoid misconstruing of incongruous Ä?Ä?nÆÅÆ?Ä?Æ and Ä?Æ?Æ?ĨÄ?cÆ?Æ which ŽÅ?Ä?n supervene in such instances.
Published Date: 2021-12-01;
