Cranial Gunshot Injury in a Child

ABSTRACT

We present a cases of a cranial gunshot injury in a 8-year-old girl. Brain computed tomography demonstrated a depressed skull fracture with an underlying cerebral contusion. The patient was operated upon and debridement of the wound was performed. A craniectomy was then performed around the skull fracture, the dura was opened and the subdural hematoma with the cerebral contusion were removed. Four months later a cranioplasty was performed. On followup examination one year later the patient was in excellent condition.