Foreign Body Reaction Due to a Forgotten Rubber Band on the Neck of a Toddler Girl
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE, cilt.37, sa.8, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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.