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A fatal brain injury caused by a needlefish

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A traumatic internal carotid-cavernous sinus fistula due to a penetrating injury caused by a needlefish is described.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Straub Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

    M. J. McCabe

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, The Straub Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

    W. M. Hammon

  3. World Life Research Institute, Colton, CA

    B. W. Halstead

  4. Department of Radiology, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA

    T. H. Newton

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  1. M. J. McCabe
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McCabe, M.J., Hammon, W.M., Halstead, B.W. et al. A fatal brain injury caused by a needlefish. Neuroradiology 15, 137–139 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329055

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