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Cephalic tetanus, unlike some other local forms of the disease, is likely to be fatal.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We describe the clinical presentation of a case of fatal cephalic tetanus complicating an unattended open non-severe head injury with a review of the literature on the disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Few cases of cephalic tetanus complicating head injury are found in the world literature, and many were diagnosed late. Cephalic tetanus from open or compound depressed skull fracture is even more rare. Our patient was a young male with an uncertain tetanus immunization history who sustained mild head injury (scalp laceration) and an unattended open depressed skull fracture in a motorcycle crash. He developed cephalic tetanus seven days later, presented late to our service, and died while being prepared for surgical debridement of his cranial wounds. At the immediate post-trauma medical contact, in an across-the-street \u201cclinic,\u201d he had received suboptimal care for his head wound and inadequate tetanus prophylaxis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cephalic tetanus is a rare form of the disease. 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