Non-missile penetrating brain injuries are rare events in western countries. We report a case with lethal stab injury of the brain and identification of the weapon used in the assault by digital superimposition on CT scans taken at admission of the victim to a hospital. Furthermore, all cases with knife stab wounds of the skull between 1971 and 2000 were analyzed and compared with literature re...

Maung Than Dyine, a Burman, age 31, was brought to hospital about mid-day ou 13th March 1911, with a stab wound of the abdomen and one in the chest. Both wounds were about 1 inch in length. The abdominal wound was below and to the left of the umbilicus, and the thoracic wound was in the ninth interspace 011 the left side?just in front of the posterior axillary line. The wounds had been inflicte...

HYPOTHESIS The digital exploration of stab wounds in the left thoracoabdominal region allows the early diagnosis of diaphragmatic lesions. DESIGN Diagnostic test study. The digital exploration of the diaphragm was compared with laparotomy (the gold standard) and thoracoscopy. SETTING The study setting was the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl (Medellín, Colombia). This is a referra...

Penetrating wounds of the aorta are not necessarily fatal. A successfully managed patient with a stab wound of the ascending aorta is reported, and some problems of management associated with such injuries are discussed.