Pediatric Cranial Dog Bite Injuries: More than Meets the Eye

CASE PRESENTATION: A six-month-old female presented to a community hospital with small lacerations to the scalp, face, and left eyelid from a dog bite injury. Computed tomography imaging revealed an impacted right frontal bone fracture and left superior orbital fracture, prompting transfer, neurosur...

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Autores principales: Tahir, Shanze A., Carver, Karen Z., Cappitelli, Alex, Baird, Lissa, Marchese, Ashley, Ganske, Ingrid M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36049204
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.4.56178
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Carver, Karen Z.
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description CASE PRESENTATION: A six-month-old female presented to a community hospital with small lacerations to the scalp, face, and left eyelid from a dog bite injury. Computed tomography imaging revealed an impacted right frontal bone fracture and left superior orbital fracture, prompting transfer, neurosurgical repair, and infectious disease management of the injury. DISCUSSION: This report highlights the importance of having a high level of suspicion for deeper injury in pediatric and especially infant craniofacial dog bites, obtaining radiographic imaging, and initiating appropriate multidisciplinary triage to prevent life-threatening infection and complications.
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spelling pubmed-94364942022-09-02 Pediatric Cranial Dog Bite Injuries: More than Meets the Eye Tahir, Shanze A. Carver, Karen Z. Cappitelli, Alex Baird, Lissa Marchese, Ashley Ganske, Ingrid M. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: A six-month-old female presented to a community hospital with small lacerations to the scalp, face, and left eyelid from a dog bite injury. Computed tomography imaging revealed an impacted right frontal bone fracture and left superior orbital fracture, prompting transfer, neurosurgical repair, and infectious disease management of the injury. DISCUSSION: This report highlights the importance of having a high level of suspicion for deeper injury in pediatric and especially infant craniofacial dog bites, obtaining radiographic imaging, and initiating appropriate multidisciplinary triage to prevent life-threatening infection and complications. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9436494/ /pubmed/36049204 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.4.56178 Text en © 2022 Tahir. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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