A three year old boy sustained a depressed fracture of the parietal region when a 25 kg window frame fell on his head from a height of about a 100 feet. His GCS at presentation was E1V2M4. He underwent surgical decompression within a few hours. The patient had echolalia followed by status epilepticus along with Cerebral Salt Wasting and Hyponatremia in the post operative period. He also had Occipital Blindness which resolved.
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