PMC9990633_01
Preoperative picture of the patient in supine position under general anesthesia by endotracheal intubation, showing the knife stab insertion point to the left side of his head.
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A 38-year-old male patient was referred to the Neurosurgery Teaching hospital with a penetrating stab wound to the head caused by a knife after a conflict in the street [Figure 1].
(a) Preoperative CT scan, sagittal section, bone window, (b) preoperative CT scan, sagittal section, 3D reconstructed, shows the knife stab penetrating the left Stephanion heading toward the cranial base, (c) preoperative CT scan, coronal section, 3D reconstructed shows the extension of the knife tip to the skull base (posterior ethmoidal sinus). CT: Computed tomography.
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A preoperative CT scan showed the path of the stab beginning at the stephanion, which is the point where the coronal suture crosses the superior temporal line, heading toward the cranial base [Figure 2].