Patient-Self Inflicted Lung Injury: A Practical Review

Unusual Self Inflicted Injury in a Patient with SHAFT Syndrome

A 24-year-old man was admitted with pain and swelling in the left forearm. He admitted introducing several long screws in his forearm, manually one by one, the previous night. The shafts of the screws were buried deep into the muscles of the forearm though their heads were still visible from the surface. This patient has been found to exhibit features of SHAFT syndrome on numerous occasions in ...

The self-inflicted dermatoses: a critical review.

The self-inflicted dermatoses, namely dermatitis artefacta, neurotic excoriations, and trichotillomania, have been reported to be associated with various degrees of psychopathology in the dermatologic literature, but have received surprisingly little emphasis in the psychiatric literature. This probably reflects, firstly the fact that most of these patients initially deny any psychologic proble...

Pneumocephalus Following Self-Inflicted Penetrating Brain Injury

Objective Pneumocephalus is a rare complication that often occurs after traumatic skull base injury, leading to morbidity and mortality. Material and Method We present the case of a 42-year-old healthy man who injured himself when he stuck a metal stick into his left nasal cavity to relieve prolonged nasal obstruction. Immediate cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and subsequent meningitis and pne...

Self-inflicted orbitocranial injury with a plastic ballpoint pen.

Which clinical features distinguish inflicted from non-inflicted brain injury? A systematic review.

AIM A systematic review of the scientific literature to define clinical indicators distinguishing inflicted (iBI) from non-inflicted brain injury (niBI). METHODS An all language literature search of 20 electronic databases, websites, references and bibliographies from 1970-2008 was carried out. Relevant studies were independently reviewed by two trained reviewers, with a third review where re...