INTRACRANIAL INJURIES BY A SCREWDRIVER

Two patients with unusual intracranial foreign bodies are presented. I ntracranial 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, af ter successful removal of the foreign body. In both cases death was du e to brain ischaemia and the resulting oedema secondary to arterial in jury.