Civilian penetrating brain injury (PBI) is a rare form of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
and is rarer in the pediatric population. Pediatric PBI due to various objects has
been reported in the literature. Pediatric PBI with an iron rod has not been previously
described. We reported a case of civilian penetrating injury in a 6-year-old girl
child patient who fell over a projecting iron rod at a construction site from a height
of 6 to 8 feet. She was lifted off from the iron rod and taken to the emergency medical
services. CT scan of the brain revealed linear intracerebral hemorrhage along the
iron rod’s track with a depressed fracture. She underwent emergency surgery because
of a compound depressed fracture. She recovered well from his injury without neurological
deficit with an excellent clinical outcome.
Keywords
penetrating injury - children - head injury - iron rod - trauma
