Skull-Embedded Earring due to a Fall Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract Although earring-related injuries are well described, an earring becoming forcefully embedded in the skull is unusual and has not previously been reported in the literature. We present the case of an 11-year-old child who posed interesting therapeutic considerations given this presentation.

authors

• Helleman, Krista
• Andres, Kathleen
• Lee, Jooho
• Forward, Karen
• Lim, Rodrick

status

• published 

publication date

• October 2016

has subject area

• 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
• Accidental Falls (MeSH)
• Body Piercing (MeSH)
• Child (MeSH)
• Emergency & Critical Care Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Female (MeSH)
• Foreign Bodies (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Radiography (MeSH)
• Skull (MeSH)

published in

• Pediatric Emergency Care  Journal

keywords

• Accidental Falls
• Body Piercing
• Child
• Female
• Foreign Bodies
• Humans
• Radiography
• Skull

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/pec.0000000000000926

PubMed ID

• 27749666

start page

• 696

end page

• 697

volume

• 32

issue

• 10