“The pen is mightier than the sword” – suicidal trans-orbital intracranial penetrating injury from a pencil

Cvetković, Danica; Živković, Vladimir; Damjanjuk, Irina; Nikolić, Slobodan

doi:10.1007/s12024-018-9959-9

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“…One of the earliest described cases of a penetrating craniocerebral injury was that of Phineas Gage, a nineteenth century railway worker in the United States, who survived having a metal bar blown through his left frontal lobe, with a resultant frontal lobe syndrome [19]. Penetrating wounds to the skull may also be suicidal and have again been caused by an array of objects including power drills and pencils [20,21]. Rarely a weight has been dropped on the head forcing it downwards onto a metal spike [22].…”

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An unusual patterned injury from homicidal craniocerebral impalement with a metal chair leg

Bodwal

Chauhan

Behera

et al. 2020

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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A 26-year-old young man died shortly after he had suffered craniocerebral impalement from a metal chair leg during an affray at an airport bar. At autopsy a 25 mm diameter circular wound was present in the left parietal region with protruding brain tissue. Death was due to craniocerebral trauma from a penetrating injury to the head. Examination of the chair used in the assault showed a metal chair with smeared blood on the front right leg that matched the blood group of the decedent. The fatal wound had been inflicted by the assailant with the victim leaning forward while kneeling on the floor. The assault had produced an unusual circular patterned defect in the left parietal bone with dimensions corresponding to the chair leg. The location of the defect and the use of a chair leg were two very unusual features in this homicide.

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An unusual patterned injury from homicidal craniocerebral impalement with a metal chair leg

Bodwal

Chauhan

Behera

et al. 2020

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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Determining the manner of death in victims in drug-induced psychosis: a case of an atypical head stab wound

Handlos,

Klabal,

Vojtek

et al. 2024

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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This case report presents a rare case of an atypical head stab wound suffered by a drug addict and inflicted with a screwdriver during drug-induced psychosis. It describes the diagnostic and treatment procedures in the hospital and the findings of the subsequent autopsy. It also analyzes the review of the interpretation of the CT scans made upon admission and the subsequent treatment by an independent medical review panel, which revealed signs of medical mismanagement. Therefore, it also discusses the legal consequences that the case may have involved for the attending physicians in addition to the consequences for the suspected perpetrator. The report raises many issues encountered in the case in terms of the clinical treatment and forensic determination of the manner of death in cases of injuries caused by sharp instruments and highlights the importance of comprehensive evaluation of the circumstantial evidence together with the clinical or autopsy findings, since such evidence may sometimes be overlooked in clinical practice.

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A case of death of purulent meningitis caused by transorbital intracranial penetrating injury due to long-term residual bamboo chopstick

Zheng

Chen

et al. 2022

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“The pen is mightier than the sword” – suicidal trans-orbital intracranial penetrating injury from a pencil

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

An unusual patterned injury from homicidal craniocerebral impalement with a metal chair leg

An unusual patterned injury from homicidal craniocerebral impalement with a metal chair leg

Determining the manner of death in victims in drug-induced psychosis: a case of an atypical head stab wound

A case of death of purulent meningitis caused by transorbital intracranial penetrating injury due to long-term residual bamboo chopstick

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