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- Published on: 7 June 2005
- Published on: 31 May 2005
- Published on: 7 June 2005Stilettoed in the SixtiesShow More
Dear Editor,
One of the wonders of emergency medicine is that there are almost as many different causes of injury as there are injury types. It is therefore not surprising that there are a myriad of case reports in the literature describing unusual objects causing injury. However, some stories have already been told.
I read the case report by Stables et al entitled “An unusual case of a compound depressed...
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None declared. - Published on: 31 May 2005Recognising depressed skull fractures before CT scanShow More
Dear Editor,
We were interested in reading Stables et al.s’ account of a compound depressed skull fracture following an assault with a stiletto heal. They remind us to look thoroughly for a fracture in patients with scalp lacerations where the laceration was caused by some force. We recently had a similar case where a depressed skull fracture, under a laceration, was not found clinically. The fracture was seen on C...
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