Foreign Body Reaction Due to a Forgotten Rubber Band on the Neck of a Toddler Girl

Yetim A., Aygüler E., Özçetin M., Bayramoğlu Z., Hançerli T., Çelik M., ...Daha Fazla

PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE, cilt.37, sa.8, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001702
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: child abuse and neglect, circumferential scar, foreign body, neck, rubber band
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the presence of an unhealed granulation tissue-like wound, a possibility of abuse and neglect along with a foreign body should come to mind. However, it may be difficult to recognize a foreign body in patients with atypical clinical presentations. We demonstrated delayed diagnosis of a rubber band embedded into subcutaneous tissue in a 21/2-year-old girl who presented with a circumferential scar with 2 granulation tissue-like wounds on her neck due to a foreign body reaction developed over years. With this rare case presentation, we remind the possibility of abuse/neglect along with foreign bodies in neck lesions of children.