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 BMJ Case Reports is available to UHNM staff both to view full-text and to submit your own case reports. There have been 2 recent case reports submitted by UHNM staff: Penetrating head trauma unbeknown to the patient David Bristow and Shayda Karimi Abstract Penetrating head trauma often leads to significant morbidity or mortality. A man presented to our tertiary centre with concerns of a nail in his brain after work colleagues reviewed closed-circuit television footage which appeared to show a pneumatic nail gun discharging against his head during an incident at work 4 days earlier. Remarkably, the patient reported no symptoms and no clinical signs apart from a small scabbed area on his scalp. A CT scan of his head was performed which showed a 4 cm nail lodged within the parietal lobe of his brain. The patient subsequently underwent a craniotomy with removal of the nail along with antimicrobial cover with antibiotics and tetanus prophylaxis. The patient made a full recovery and was...