Foreign Body in Thigh of Crawled Baby: Case Report - Clinical Case Studies

 

Before  age  of  6  months  foreign  body  injuries  by  penetrating  bodies  are  very  rare  and  extraordinary  form  of  childhood  injuries  [1].  When  we  examine  the  literature,  it  is  suggested  that  the  childhood  penetrating  body  injuries  particularly  occurred  by  the  sewing needles should be considered as non-accidental injuries and especially  child  abuse  should  be  kept  in  mind.  It  is  suggested  that  the  pediatrician  or  the  emergency  doctors  who  initially  examine  these patient must be careful [2]. Diagnosis needs multidisciplinary approach  [3].  Some  other  findings  in  the  examination  should also be searched to suspect child abuse. These findings can be multiple bruises in different healing age, bone fractures on atypical localizations, burns and there is usually a delay in presentation [4]. In our case interestingly there are not any additional examination findings or pathology to suspect child abuse and it is excluded by family examination and the history of event.

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