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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714439
Transorbital Penetrating Brain Injury from Pressure Cooker Blast: An Unusual Case Report
Abstract
The incidence of a penetrating brain injury due to a pressure cooker blast is quite rare. We are presenting this case of a 24-year-old female who sustained anterior skull base injury, with the nozzle of the pressure cooker penetrating through left orbit on account of the blast. A combined multidisciplinary approach was utilized and the patient recovered uneventfully.
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25. Mai 2021
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