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Penetrating head and neck trauma with construction nails are uncommon life-threatening injuries and an important problem in developing countries. Assessment of the neurovascular and systemic physical status is a first requirement, and the decision concerning which surgical approach to perform for the removal of the nail is of critical importance. A 10-year-old girl was presented one hour after a fall injury with complaint of a swelling and foreign body lodgment on the left forehead. Neurological and systemic physical examinations were normal except for weak direct pupillary light reflex on the left side and the patient's state of uneasiness. Radiological investigations showed that the head of the nail had entered from the left infra-orbital region and become lodged through the orbital roof, below the frontal bone. Surgical extraction of the nail in the operating room was performed successfully using left pterional craniotomy and lateral orbitotomy technique, and there was no complication after surgery. Here, we report a case with a rare craniocerebral penetrating wound and type, with the head of the nail lodged in the anterior fossa through the orbital roof, which may be defined as 'reverse penetration of the nail'.

Unusual penetration of a construction nail through the orbit to the cranium: a case report