TY - JOUR AU - Diyora, Batuk; Gawali, Sagar; Patel, Mehool; Dhall, Gagan TI - Iron Rod Penetrating Head Injury in a Child SN - 0973-0508 SN - 2213-3739 PY - 2021 JF - Indian Journal of Neurotrauma LA - EN VL - 18 IS - 02 SP - 148 EP - 149 DA - 2021/07/29 KW - penetrating injury KW - children KW - head injury KW - iron rod KW - trauma AB - Civilian penetrating brain injury (PBI) is a rare form of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is rarer in the pediatric population. Pediatric PBI due to various objects has been reported in the literature. Pediatric PBI with an iron rod has not been previously described. We reported a case of civilian penetrating injury in a 6-year-old girl child patient who fell over a projecting iron rod at a construction site from a height of 6 to 8 feet. She was lifted off from the iron rod and taken to the emergency medical services. CT scan of the brain revealed linear intracerebral hemorrhage along the iron rod’s track with a depressed fracture. She underwent emergency surgery because of a compound depressed fracture. She recovered well from his injury without neurological deficit with an excellent clinical outcome. PB - Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. DO - 10.1055/s-0041-1732786 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0041-1732786 ER -