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Through‐and‐through gunshot wound to the head in a rare case of survival
Author(s) -
Cakani Bujar,
Vyshka Gentian,
Gega Petrit,
Qirinxhi Denis
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5566
Subject(s) - medicine , gunshot wound , cranial vault , surgery , head trauma , refractory (planetary science) , head (geology) , skull , physics , geomorphology , astrobiology , geology
We describe the case of a 42‐year old Caucasian male who presented for follow‐up treatment of refractory epilepsy. He suffered a cranial trauma 13 years before when a bullet from a pistol, (presumably accidentally) entered the right frontal side of the cranial vault and exited contralateral, causing severe neurological damage.

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