Dog Bite Causing Intestinal Perforation in a Child: A Case Report with Review of Literature

Dog bite injuries are common in children. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality involving commonly the extremities, head, and neck. Injuries to the torso represent only 10% of injuries. Visceral injury by a dog bite in children is a rare clinical scenario with very few cases reported. We...

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Autores principales: Garnaik, Deepak Kumar, Jain, Jaydeep, Yhoshu, Enono
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9997573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910288
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_47_22
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Sumario:Dog bite injuries are common in children. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality involving commonly the extremities, head, and neck. Injuries to the torso represent only 10% of injuries. Visceral injury by a dog bite in children is a rare clinical scenario with very few cases reported. We present a 2-year-old female child who suffered a severe dog bite injury causing colonic perforation.

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