DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i10.001

Pages: 933-934

Traumatic Brain Injury is among the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in modern times. Data suggests that almost 50 % of all trauma related deaths are secondary to traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Penetrating head trauma by definition means a wound in which a projectile breaches cranium but does not exit it, such can result from accidental events like road traffic accidents, occupational accidents or even household accidents apart from homicidal or suicidal intentions. As such these are rare in paediatric age group. Here we report the case of a 4 year old male child with history of fall of a concrete slab over head with penetration of a wedge of concrete into skull and his miraculous survival.