Abstract
Three cases of penetrating craniocerebral injuries caused by glass splinters are presented. One was caused by a plate glass splinter, the others by a tempered windshield. In one case, the glass splinters appeared to have broken into two or three fragments on the X-ray film. However, when operated it was found that they had broken into more than 20 pieces. Attention should therefore be paid when using radiological examination, not to leave fragments behind in the operation.
Ten cases including the present ones have been reported. Nine out of the 10 were transorbital intracranial penetrating injuries. The possibility of intracranial penetration should be raised when periorbital wounds caused by glass splinters are encountered.
