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A Case of a Penetrating Traumatic Head Injury Due to a Ceiling Fan.

Yoon N Ong1.   

Abstract

A ceiling fan is a hidden enemy on the ceiling of a house. When the blunt blades rotate at a high speed, it has the capability to penetrate the skull bones. This case highlights the uncommon presentation of fan blade injury and the importance of compression bandage.
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Keywords:  ceiling fan; compression bandage; depressed skull fracture; extra-axial hematoma; penetrating head injury

Year:  2022        PMID： 35903574      PMCID： PMC9324527          DOI： 10.7759/cureus.26350

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cureus        ISSN： 2168-8184


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