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case_images: Clinical image capturing the entry point and trajectory of a foreign nail object in the left mastoid area of a 7-year-old patient. The photograph serves to highlight the specific characteristics and location of the penetrating object.
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case_images: F1
case_images: A 7-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department with a punctured nail in the left mastoid area after he fell off from a tree [Figure 1].
case_images: Head CT scan reveals a penetrating brain injury by a foreign nail object in the left mastoid region.
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case_images: F2
case_images: A head CT scan reveals a PBI by a foreign nail object in the left mastoid region [Figure 2].
case_images: Head CT scan reveals the lesion, +-6.5 mm caliber and +-7 cm length, penetrating from the left mastoid, traversing the left cerebellum, and terminating in the right cerebellum.
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case_images: F3
case_images: The lesion, +-6.5 mm caliber, and +-7 cm length penetrates from the left mastoid, traverses the left cerebellum, and terminates in the right cerebellum [Figure 3].