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Pediatric Cranial Dog Bite Injuries: More than Meets the Eye

Published:2022-08-06 Issue:3 Volume:6 Page:259-261
ISSN:2474-252X
Container-title:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
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Author:

Tahir Shanze¹,Carver Karen²,Cappitelli Alex²,Baird Lissa³,Marchese Ashley⁴,Ganske Ingrid²

Affiliation:

1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

2. Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts

3. Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston, Massachusetts

4. Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract

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.

Publisher

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Subject

Emergency Nursing,Emergency Medicine

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