Glioblastoma 20 years after a nail gun trauma: A risk factor?

Abstract

Abstract A 48‐year‐old man presented with headaches and confusion. Imaging demonstrated a right frontal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), twenty years after a nail gun injury to the same region. GBM in the same location as a previous injury points toward possible causation from the trauma in the development of a high‐grade glioma.

Keywords

• foreign body
• glioblastoma
• nail gun
• penetrating head injury
• post‐traumatic