TY - JOUR
T1 - Souvenir knife
T2 - A retained transcranial knife blade
AU - Davis, Neil L.
AU - Kahana, Tzipi
AU - Hiss, Jehuda
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Upon necroscopic examination of a homeless male found comatose in the street and pronounced dead at a medical center 12 hours later, a sharp tip of a knife lodged in the right parietal region of his skull was incidentally discovered. The blade transected the diploe and penetrated the cerebral cortex. Subsequent police investigation revealed that this was the remnant of a stabbing attempt on his life several months prior to his death. The cause of death was determined to be unrelated to the metallic blade fragment, thus making it a truly incidental and rare finding of a "souvenir knife." Nevertheless, since the injury sustained in the stabbing was potentially life threatening, the investigation into that assault was reopened. A case report is presented, along with a brief review of the literature on "souvenir objects".
AB - Upon necroscopic examination of a homeless male found comatose in the street and pronounced dead at a medical center 12 hours later, a sharp tip of a knife lodged in the right parietal region of his skull was incidentally discovered. The blade transected the diploe and penetrated the cerebral cortex. Subsequent police investigation revealed that this was the remnant of a stabbing attempt on his life several months prior to his death. The cause of death was determined to be unrelated to the metallic blade fragment, thus making it a truly incidental and rare finding of a "souvenir knife." Nevertheless, since the injury sustained in the stabbing was potentially life threatening, the investigation into that assault was reopened. A case report is presented, along with a brief review of the literature on "souvenir objects".
KW - Retained foreign bodies
KW - Souvenir knife
KW - Transcranial injury
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U2 - 10.1097/01.paf.0000127388.00255.85
DO - 10.1097/01.paf.0000127388.00255.85
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AN - SCOPUS:4344644839
SN - 0195-7910
VL - 25
SP - 259
EP - 261
JO - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 3
ER -