[Diagnostic image (310). A man with a knife in his head].

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd

Thyolo District Hospital, P.O. Box 21, Thyolo, Malawi.

Published: February 2007

A 30-year-old man presented with a knife in his head; it had perforated the left temporal area and its point was located in the mouth. After surgical removal of the knife, the patient left the hospital without functional deficits.

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