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Forensic Science International

Volume 76, Issue 3, 29 December 1995, Pages 211-216
Forensic Science International

Intracranial injuries by a screwdriver

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Abstract

Two patients with unusual intracranial foreign bodies are presented. Intracranial injuries produced by a piece of screwdriver as a wounding agent have not yet been reported in the literature. In one of our two cases we had to deal with homicide and in another with accidental self-inflicted injury. Both patients died, 5 and 14 days, respectively, after successful removal of the foreign body. In both cases death was due to brain ischaemia and the resulting oedema secondary to arterial injury.

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