TRANSORBITAL STAB WOUND - A CASE-REPORT

Stab wounds of the skull are uncommon. They are usually accidental in children. An apparently trivial wound may cause death due to vascular damage or infection. A 8-year-old boy presented with a nail in the lef t intraorbital region. He fell with a nail in his hand five hours prio r to hospital admission. computed tomographic scans displayed the nail penetrating the cranium through the left orbital roof and extending t owards the left anterior clinoid process. The nail was removed under g eneral anesthesia in the operating room. Meningitis developed two days after the removal of the penetrating object and responded well to ant ibiotics. The pertinent literature was reviewed.