Citation

Shehu BB, Ismail NJ, Hassan I, Mahmud MR, Lasseini A. Ann. Trop. Paediatr. 2010; 30(1): 69-72.

Affiliation

Regional Centre for Neurosurgery, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, PMB 2370, Sokoto, Nigeria. bellobalas@yahoo.co.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Maney Publishing)

DOI

10.1179/146532810X12637745452194

PMID

20196938

Abstract

A male fetus was extruded from the uterus following multiple lower abdominal stab wounds to the mother. He was brought to the emergency room at 8 hours of age. He had sustained a compound skull fracture with brain contusion. There was no neurological deficit. Debridement and primary wound closure were undertaken. His mother had multiple lacerations to the uterus and a laceration of the fundus of the bladder. Following resuscitation, she had repair of the uterus and bladder and made an uneventful recovery. At 3 years of age, the boy is developing normally.

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