objective: to evaluate the role of physical examination in decision making for exploring patients with penetrating zone ii neck injury. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed in a level i trauma center between 2006 and 2010. the present study reviewed the records of 150 patients with penetrating neck injuries. of 46 cases with zone ii deep platysma neck injuries, 3 patients d...

introduction: penetrating cardiac injuries generally occur secondary to gunshot or stab wounds and have a high mortality rate. they are rare and often fatal in children. when a foreign object penetrates the myocardium, it is dangerous to remove it, suddenly, and should be removed gradually to prevent excessive bleeding. case report: we report a case of an unusual penetrating cardiac injury in a...

BACKGROUND Deep penetrating nevus is a recently described variant of melanocytic nevi with clinical and histopathological features that may be confused with malignant melanoma, blue nevus, pigmented Spitz nevus, or congenital melanocytic nevus. We report a case with linear arrangement of multiple deep penetrating nevi. To our knowledge, such presentation has never been reported in the literatur...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relation between serum total cholesterol levels and stroke is controversial. The Akita Pathology Study provides data on the association of serum total cholesterol, different types of stroke, and distribution of stenosis in cerebral arteries. METHODS The data are based on 750 autopsied men aged 30 years and older who were admitted to a local hospital in northeast Jap...

Background: Penetrating abdominal injury occurs when a foreign object pierces the skin. The morbidity and mortality associated with penetrating abdominal trauma is related to the intraabdominal complications. This study is, therefore, intended to determine the abscess rate resulting from penetrating abdominal trauma in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria. Method: A 6-year (January 2...

a 25 year-old construction worker underwent neck laceration following penetrating neck trauma in a falling incident. the 3rd tracheal ring was injured which was initially repaired and the patient was discharged in good general condition. (figure 1 shows the patient’s neck view after discharge from hospital).two months later the patient was again admitted due to provocative coughing and a metal ...

purpose: to compare clinical outcomes of two methods of corneal transplantation, penetrating keratoplasty (pk) versus lamellar keratoplasty (lk), in patients with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis (mgk). methods: in this retrospective, comparative, interventional case series, 78 eyes of 55 victims of chemical warfare with delayed-onset mustard gas keratopathy who underwent pk or lk were enrol...