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An unusual penetrating stab injury in a child: Case report
Authors:A.O. Suleiman  O.A. Afolabi  B.S. Alabi
Affiliation:1. Department of ENT, Federal Medical Center, Katsina, Nigeria;2. Department of ENT, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria;1. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States;2. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States;3. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States;4. Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States;1. Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique;2. Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine/Eduardo Mondlane University and Maputo Central Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique;4. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Viera Dourado, Manaus, Brazil;5. Universidade do Estado de Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil;6. Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya;7. Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon;8. Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany;9. Centre pour les Vaccins en Dévelopement, Bamako, Mali;10. Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan;11. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;12. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain;1. Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK;2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland;1. Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio;2. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Trauma Center UC Health, Cincinnati, Ohio;3. Division of Forensic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky;4. Division of Trauma and Burns, Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Abstract:Penetrating neck wounds is an otolaryngologic and head and neck emergency.Case report: A 12-year-old female Hausa child admitted through the accident and emergency room with about an hour history of stabbed nail to the right side of the neck while hawking on the street with associated pain at injury site, voice loss and neck swelling She had an emergency neck exploration and removal of the nail with satisfactory post-operative condition.Penetrating neck injury is an ENT emergency that required prompt attention resulting from assault and to draw attention of caregivers to hazards of child labour through street hawking.
Keywords:Penetrating  Neck injury  Child abuse  Emergency  Assault
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