Citation

Seitz IA, Silva BA, Schechter LS. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2014; 30(8): 568-570.

Affiliation

From the *University Plastic Surgery, Affiliated With †Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0000000000000192

PMID

25098803

Abstract

Penetrating pencil-tip injuries are common among children and usually resolve without long-term sequelae. However, failure to detect and remove embedded pencil fragments can result in increased morbidity or misdiagnoses of other, more serious, conditions. We report on the case of a 10-year-old boy stabbed with a pencil on his right chin. Initial treatment in the emergency department included irrigation and closure of the laceration. Following suture removal, the patient returned to the emergency department (with bright-purple drainage from the wound site). Radiographic evaluation led to the discovery of an embedded foreign body requiring surgical removal.

Language: en