TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 12 IS - 2 PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/8/01 TI - PENE1RATING HEAD INJURY WITH A KNIFE-A CASE REPORT TT - N2 - A case of a transcranial stab wound is presented in which the patient was stabbed in the left temporal bone with a knife which, after traversing the tentorium, passed through the occipital squama and its tip reached the upper cervical area. The subject underwent surgery and was discharged without neurological sequelae. The fundamental principles of management in this specific type of head injury are discussed. SP - 195 EP - 197 AU - AZHARI, S AU - KARIMI, A AD - From the Department of Neurosurgery, Imam Hosein Medical Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. KW - Stab wound KW - penetrating head injury. UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1033-en.html ER -