Traumatic tiger attack Journal Articles

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abstract

Attacks on humans by large cats are uncommon occurrences and thus the principles of managing such injuries are not well documented. The authors here report the case of an 11-year-old boy who was mauled by a privately owned tiger. The attack resulted in multiple cranial lacerations and fractures, dissection of the internal carotid artery, and persistent neurological deficits. This case outlines the multiple sources of injury and pathology that can result from such an attack. Discussion is focused on the pattern of injury seen in large feline attacks and the treatment approach.

authors

Chum, Marvin
Ng, Wai Pui

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published

publication date

November 2011

has subject area

1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
Affective Symptoms (MeSH)
Animals (MeSH)
Anxiety (MeSH)
Bites and Stings (MeSH)
Brain Injuries (MeSH)
Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection (MeSH)
Cerebral Angiography (MeSH)
Child (MeSH)
Craniocerebral Trauma (MeSH)
Glasgow Coma Scale (MeSH)
Humans (MeSH)
Lacerations (MeSH)
Male (MeSH)
Multiple Trauma (MeSH)
Muscle Weakness (MeSH)
Neck Injuries (MeSH)
Nervous System Diseases (MeSH)
Neurology & Neurosurgery (Science Metrix)
Neurosurgical Procedures (MeSH)
Postoperative Care (MeSH)
Skull Fractures (MeSH)
Temporal Lobe (MeSH)
Tigers (MeSH)
Tomography, X-Ray Computed (MeSH)

published in

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics Journal